CABLE SERVICES
A CHANCE FOR LIFE. COMPETITION OF WIRELESS, ROOM FOR BOTH SYSTEMS. BY CABLE-PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Dec. 1. It is understood the Government, while opposed to a Royal Commission to co-ordinate the cables and beam wireless services, believes useful results could be obtained .by a representative committee.
The Government recognises the strategic importance of maintaining efficient cable services and discussions are in progress with these objects in view.
The “Daily Mail,” in a leader, says: “While the future may belong to wireless, the cables are unlikely to vanish for many years. -hoy possess the advantage of secrecy and certainty, because they are not intcrceptable and do not fade away like wireless, but the cables must utilise every modern improvement in the fight for existence. The new high speed cables show that the outlook for the cables is not desperate, even if not roseate.’’ Newspapers arc giving increasing attention to the beam wireless versus cable controversy. An expert interviewed by the “Financial Times’ stressed the fact that Mr. Bruce’s reference to a 45 i)er cent, withdrawal ol: traffic from cables referred only to the Australian branch of the Pacific system and the cheaper classes of traffic thereon.
The “Financial News” concludes a lengthy survey thus: “Bo long as competition between radio and cable's is carried on on equal terms and so long as the Governments in working wireless do not work the systems at a loss, the cable companies will be able to thrive. They may have lost the monopoly, but developments and economies, together with increased traffics, leave room for the operation of Both systems. MATTER UNDER. CONSIDERATION. Received 10 a.m. to-dav. LONDON, Dec. 2. The eastern and associated telegraph companies announce, in reply to many inquiries regarding fluctuations of market quotations for cable stocks, that the position in relation to radio and cable services is under consideration between the Government and the Eastern Companies.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 3 December 1927, Page 5
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316CABLE SERVICES Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 3 December 1927, Page 5
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