WIRELESS TELEPHONY
EXTENSION TO CANADA
(Beeeived 17th March, 2 p.m.)
LONDON, 16th March,
In the House of Commons Mr. P. A. Hurd (Con.) inquired why there was no telephone service between Britain and Vancouver, seeing that a service was operating to San Francisco.
Sir W. Mitchell-Thomson, Postmas-ter-General, explained that there was no high-power station in Canada cap-
able of conducting a direct telephone service to Britain. The use of the beam system for telephonic communication was still m its experimental stage Replying to Sir H. Brittain (Con ) he said that the beam stations for the Australian service, having stood a seven days' test, would be taken over by the Post Office at an early date. Many detailed arrangements were necessary before it was open to the public. He could not give any approximate date of tho opening. He understood that the company intended to develop the system to South Africa as soon as possible. *
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 64, 17 March 1927, Page 10
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