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Show LONGEST IN THE WORLD. British Pacific Cable Between Vancouver Van-couver and Brisbane Completed Thursday Night. ancoiifr, It C, Oct 31 The completion comple-tion of tht cable line between ancnuer and Hrtbane was nccompltMifd at 7 o clock last night although the Hret mes-Mtto mes-Mtto dll not Kd through until this morn Irg when the rnnottneement was made thit one dream of Ihp Imperialists wae fi rejIltN The cit le la still In the hand of the tontrietors and It will not be open fir bulnrM for about thre weeks Iur-Inp Iur-Inp that tlm It will undergo an tlabonte system of tests In order that the ofnclits ma sm that It Is In thorough working order before being taken oer from the contractors 1h section bitwn Hamfleld Creek nnd fanning Island which Is the Ion-rest In the world has alreadj undergone a series of tests an I nroed entlreU wiuil to ex-pectatl ex-pectatl ms The great question In the success suc-cess or th cihl was over this enormous stretch but It was found h a recent test to ghe a speed of oer Il words a mlnutn with the l)cerloc transmitter The actual time occupied In the trans mission of a message from thH ci to Sdne Australia will he less than fUe minutes In the case of a short commer-clil commer-clil mesagc and this time wilt of course be malnH occupied In the manual repetition repeti-tion of the mesigt at fiamfleld Creek tanning Mini .Norfolk Island ind Brts t jne Another peculiar fact In connection with these long stretches of cable Is thit much less cum nt l used than oer n Und Hue of the same length thero being absolute l no linkage in a submarine cable nnd as a consequence les poer l required The ancouer Iloard of Trade Is celebrating cele-brating the completion of the cable with an at home this afternoon |