TELEGRAPHS
QUESTION OF CONTROL PERMAMENT CENTRAL AUTHORITY SUGGESTED /PAPER BY MR. CHAR-LES BRIGHT. ,(By Telegraph.— Press Association. --Copyright.) (Received April 30, 3.40 a.vo.^ ! LONDON. 29th April. ; Sir George Reid (lligh Comniisthmev for Australia) presided at a.gatnfring^at\ the Society of Arts to 'hear a .paper by.' Mr. Charles Bright (Consulting i-Engineer T to tho Cominurittoaltb), son- of?tlu> late* Sir Charles Bright, who laid -the % first* Atlantic cable, and reported Ho the Colonial Office on the Pacific -cable scheme. Mr. Bright's paper was-on the 'subject., of" 'the administration of- Imperial telegraphs. He advocates the' management' of inter- Imperial telegraphs by a per--mament central authority, free from? political control, and composed of representatives of the Admiralty, the War Office, the Colonial Office, % the postOffice, 'and oversea Governments.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 101, 30 April 1914, Page 7
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124TELEGRAPHS Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 101, 30 April 1914, Page 7
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