MARCONI CONTRACT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 304, 20 December 1912, Page 5

MARCONI CONTRACT.

A LIBERAL OFFONENT. LONDON, December 19. At the Marconi inquiry yesterday Sir j Henry Norman I Liberal M.P. for Blackburn and formerly Assistant Postmaster- : General i stated that he opposed the ratification of the agreement as being contrary to the public interest and forming a prelude to something in the nature of a monopoly. Moreover, he added, the agreement was rrrmpf-ssary in order to ensure a chain of Imperial wireless stations. Sir George Reid i High Commissioner for Australia). in completing his evidence, promised to obtain inforrnatron as to whether the Australiarl wireless system had been tested for a distance of 2,000 miles and to report on the subject to the committee. LOST B___TT_. (Received S a.m.) LONDON. December 19. Sir Henry Norman added that tho Post-master-General had already acquired every right from Marconi that he needed. The new agreement contracted him out of benefits eon-erred by Act of mentSir Henry Norman urged delay for a few months with a view to consulting independent experts to insure the best syHtem. He considered that the continuous wave system wo—ld ultimately supersede the | spark. The Poulsen and Goldschmidt sys- ' terns were much simpler than Marconi's ) and less liable to jamming. Several other I apparently improved systems were likely to be shortly practically tested. The chairman read Sir Geo. Reid's letter stating that the Commonwealth system was in eo_i_i__.__i_.on with Singapore on the spark principle. The committee adjourned