The "News-Chronicle" welcoming the scheme, says that there is the same justification foe a flat rate cable charge as for uniform postage rates throughout the Empire.
The plan is first-class, says the "Daily Express" The cut rates will help business and keep efficient a vital service, for in an emergency it is as important to the Empire as s trench phone is to a headquarters in the field.
The" Financial News" says that the scheme is bold, and achieves something very like a revolution in inter-Imperial communications. Besides reducing rates, it achieves standardization and simplicity.
For the trader, the public and the Empire itself, the newspaper adds, the change is very welcome, but from the financial view it must be admitted that it is something of a gamble. The bulk of the cost, it says, must be borne by Cable & Wireless, Lid. which represents a very serious burden upon the Company's net revenue,
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