RADIO-TELEPHONE

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 September 1945, Page 6

RADIO-TELEPHONE

N.Z.-ENGLAND SERVICE. LONDON, September 12. Although it was announced here that the telephone service to New Zealand was reopened, there is, in fact, no service in operation and no certainty when it will start. A direct link to -Sydney is operating, but the hook-up over the .Tasman to New Zealand is at present not 4

workable owing to bad radio conditions. , “We freely admit that, with all the developments in radio, we cannot get through to New Zealand, via Sydney under present conditions,” said an official of the overseas telephone service in London. “We are going through a period in ' wffich

radio conditions are bad all over the world, and it depends on how long this lasts as to when we can talk direct to New Zealand.” Asked why a direct link could not be made with New Zealand, the official said the question was being considered. It was a matter of higher policy.

WELLINGTON, Sept. 13. Arrangements have now been made to lift the restrictions on the acceptance of radio-telephone calls of a social nature between New Zealand and Britain. The acting-Postmaster-Gen-eral (Mr. Jones) announced to-day that from September 15, all classes of calls will be accepted, without restriction, to Britain, as well as to Australia., 4