London, Jan, 4.
The serious transatlantic cable delays, due to the earthquake tremors on November 19, continue despite the strenuous "repair work which is being carried out by seven cable ships with 600-men, Only one cable has been mended up to the present as the work is com plicated by the tempestuous weather and by the fact that the disturbance moved the cables from their nomnal positions and burned the broken ends under tons of rock and mud rendering their location difficult.
The extent of the damage is much wider than was originally thought. Six hundred miles of new. cable, costing over £100,000, are necessary.
It is not expected that the repairs will be completed before the spring. It is) however, just reported that communication' between Cornivall and Halifax hag been restored.—
Reuter,
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