REPORT ON WIRELESS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 102, 1 May 1924, Page 7

REPORT ON WIRELESS

STILL BEING CONSIDERED.

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPXRIGHTO

(REUIBR'S . TELEGRAM.) • LONDON, 29th April. In the House of Commons, at question time ; Mr. Vernon Hartshorn, Post-master-General, stated that the Imperial Wireless Committee's report was still being considered, but he hoped a decision would be reached shortly. Every Dominion had been heard from.

(FEOJI ODIt OTV.V CORRESPONDENT.)

LONDON, 20th March. At the last meeting of the council of the Empire Press Union, held under the chairmanship of Viscount Buvnharii, the following resolution was adopted:— "This meeting of the council of the Empire Press Union notes the report of the Imperial Wireless Telegraphy Committee (1924) and reaffirms the view hitherto held by the Empire Press Union on this subject, namely, that the paramount necessity is immediate action to secure for the British Empire full use of weloss telegraphy as an additional and cheaper means of world communication, especially for the free dissemination of news.." '

The Parliamentary correspondent o? "The Daily Telegraph" says that Mr. Robert Donald's Committee reported in record time when asked by the Government "to consider and advise on the pol icy to be adopted as regards the Imperial wireless services." The date of the report was 22nd February, and some surprise has been expressed in Parliamentary circles that the Government has not yet found itself in a position to announce what course is to be pursued. As a matter of fact, the delay, so it is explained, is due to the necessity of consulting the Dominions and India before coming to-a final decision to adopt the recommendations, of the Committee. Moreover, the Post Office authorities have been obliged to discuss the proposals with other departments, including, of course, the Treasury. In official quarters it is pointed out that there are various cross-currents to be taken into account, and it is not so simple a matter as might be supposed to decide at once on the general lines of a_ scheme under which the wireless stations in Great Britain to be used for Imperial services -will be entirely Stateowned. There is, however, the best authority for saying that the matter is progrossing, and that in the course of next week the Cabinet will be in a position to' come to a decision, which will be followed by an immediate announcement in Parliament.