Commonwealth Telephone Cables

HC Deb 29 March 1961 vol 637 c134W

61. Mr. Hiley

asked the Postmaster-General when the new Commonwealth telephone cables across the Atlantic and the Pacific will be completed.

Miss Pike

The Post Office cable-ship "Monarch" sails within the next few days to start laying the main section of the cable between the United Kingdom and Canada. Early next year she will lay the cable section between Australia and New Zealand. The long Pacific link from New Zealand to Canada, with landing points at Fiji and Hawaii, will be completed in 1964.