Having enumerated the effects of the new telegraph rates, the "Daily Telegraph," in a leading article today, remarks, as regards press rates, that considerable concessions will be made conforming the cable rate to. the: wireless Tale where the letter i For the present, however, it states, the demand urged by the Empire Press Union for 9 lower rate on excess trample beyond a certain volume has not been found satisfactory. This:
to be regretted because a* a time' when the diffusion of foreign pro-Daganda is so active it is especially' important that the transmission of straight news between distant parts: of the Empire should not be too [severely restricted by cost.
The demand really transcends merely commercial considerations, fand it is at least satisfactory to know that an examination of the case is proceeding with a desire to find a solution.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.