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No. 89. The Manager in Australasia, Eastern Extension Company, Melbourne, to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. (Telegram.) Melbourne, 2nd December, 1902. Do you purpose giving continuous service for Pacific route ? If not, please give hours opening and closing your Doubtless Bay office.

No. 90. The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington, to the Manager in Australasia, Eastern Extension Company, Melbourne. (Telegram.) Wellington, 3rd December, 1902. We are not giving Pacific cable all-night service. Both routes treated alike. Doubtless Bay hours will probably be 7 or 8 a.m. till midnight. If, however, you keep open continuously, Doubtless Bay will no doubt do the same.

No. 91. The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington, to the Superintendent, Eastern Extension Company, Wakapuaka. (Telegram.) Wellington, 3rd December, 1902. Do you still purpose keeping open all night? If so, presume that subsidy for midnight Press attendance will cease from Monday.

No. 92. The Manager in Australasia, Eastern Extension Company, Melbourne, to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. (Telegram.) Melbourne, 3rd December, 1902. We give continuous cable service from Bth instant. Hope you will do same on your wire Wakapuaka to Wellington.

No. 93. The Superintendent, Pacific Cable Station, Doubtless Bay, to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. (Telegram.) Doubtless Bay, sth December, 1902. Transmitting stations east of Vancouver—Montreal; Hazelhill, Nova Scotia; Waterville, Ireland. This is Canadian Pacific Railway route, which presently will be the only one available.

No. 94. The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington, to the Superintendent, Pacific Cable Station, Doubtless Bay. (Telegram.) Wellington, sth December, 1902. Now that the Minister has definitely decided not to have an all-night cable service, it has been arranged that our Wakapuaka office shall open for business at 8 a.m. instead of 8.30. I presume you will fall in with this ?

No. 95. The Superintendent, Pacific Cable Station, Doubtless Bay, to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. (Telegram.) Doubtless Bay, sth December, 1902. Yes ; I will open at 8 a.m. pending further instructions.

No. 96. The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington, to the Manager in Australasia, Eastern Extension Company, Melbourne. (Telegram.) Wellington, sth December, 1902. Continuous cable service: Matter has been given further consideration. As our traffic does not warrant an all-night service, the Minister regrets that he does not see his way to keep open even the Wakapuaka-Wellington wire. Our Wakapuaka office will be open at 8 a.m., from Monday next.

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