High Cost of Branch Messages Reuter ask us to which was delivered yesterday:—
Melbourne, Sept, 30.
The Imperial Press Conference to-day adopted a resolution moved by Mr. Moore (India) urgently advocating a large reduction of intermediate press rates between important centres of Imperial communication. Mr. Moore pointed out that the present cost of relaying messages from Colombo to stations like Penang, Singapore and Hongkong was greater than the cost from London to Colombo and from Australia to Singapore and Hong-Kong and double that from Australia to the Dutch Indic! Mr. Melba (Straits Settlement: said that the colony received little news from Australia, Canada and South Africa owing to the excessive cost.
Oct, 1.
The Press Conference to-day warmly acclaimed and passed resolutions exhorting the Press. throughout the Empire to do its utmost to promote inter-Empire trade and establishing a subcommittee to deal with the question.
The next Conference will meet in London in 1930.—Reuter,
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