WIRELESS CONTRACT.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1648, 15 January 1913, Page 7

WIRELESS CONTRACT.

•'iMPEEiatIsGiffIM'.Tb ; )BBPUSHED ! By Telegraph—PreW ABBOclatlon-rCopyHglii ; ;■■/■.-,"•■..;-■ :-.'V-CV> ;L(jnilon, Jftuuary 13. ' ' 1. The.'Parliamentary.'' Committee \ inquirring into thejcohtracfc between the Marconi ' Wireless Coh^anyVand' the British ..Post , Office, invited the opinion' of Mr..Herbert 'Samuel, Postmaster-Qeneral,; in a'draft ; interim' report; ttconlmending- thei'mmcdiate purchase, of sites for : wireless' stations for the Imperial, chain,; ami ? suggesting; .that a Government/ .Department should ; execiib the ivork...' The Committee, also recommended the immediate appointment ■ :bf a highly-qualified.;'technical commit- • tee to-advise on".the-merits of ithe various flystems and any. changes that might be • .'necessary in'the'future.*, ■■'>.>• ■ ■■."■./.; ■ ,' , : : ,Mr.'Samuel replied'that he would gladly,' act on the first-recommendation. .The ■ 'agreement contemplated/ {he -contracting ; !c6mpan'y bearing the whole of the risk; .there .was 'jto be 'no-payment unless the' stations were in, full working order.'The techhisal committee: proposed ought : to report within "a limited tide, to prevent ■ delays. :.) ■ ■'..■ v ;i- .' - !■'■ -;'■-* ]':■ ~- Mr.; Samuel added that he had consulted tho High Commissioners, and he was rwilling. to send-a 1 to co-oper- ' ate with the Admiralty in selecting an ~ -Egyptian .site .'within two months, ' the Commission to go thence in the direction ' of East Africa.V' Inquiries, would also be . necessary in regard, to sites in India and Singapore. :He suggested, however, that : the'scheme should: not be'deferred till ; .the more distant sites had been, selected.