BEAM v. CABLE.
FEDERAL SUPPORT OF BEAM SERVICE. ’ MUCH CHEAPER”ANi) QUITE EFFECTIVE. CANBERRA, Dec. 9 : in the House of Representatives, speaking on the second reading of the Wireless Agreement Bill, which rat-i----des tlie agreement proposed to he made between the Commonwealth Government and Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd., the Postmas-ter-General said tlie beam was proving an etl’ectivo service. The cost of the beam to Australia was £l2O,Ww yearly, and it .was capable of bundling the whole traffic. The value el the cable system, on the other hand, was £12,000,001)1 He asked who would operate a £12,01X1,000 scheme when an expenditure ot £T2O,Ow gave the same service '■ lie added that the revenue the company had , received to date was £130,000 year-/ ly, but - under the agreement it would receive only £37,(500. —U. P.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 10456, 10 December 1927, Page 9
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131BEAM v. CABLE. Gisborne Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 10456, 10 December 1927, Page 9
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