EMPIRE WIRELESS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19891, 9 March 1928, Page 9

EMPIRE WIRELESS.

TRAFFIC WITW BRITAIN.

AGREEMENT WITH MARCONIS. A. and N.Z.-Sun. LONDON, March 7, The Postmaster-General, Sir William Mitchell-Thomson, stated in the House of Commons that the beam wireless stations in Britain wera constructed by the Marconi Company under an agreement which provided for payment by , the Government of a lump sum, and also a royalty of 6£ per cent, on all the receipts, so long as the stations contain valid Marconi patents. The number of messages sent or received via the beam for the week ended February 26 was as follows:—lndia, 15,182; South Africa, 8516; Australia, 7130; Canada, 4686. The statistics of traffic by the cable routes were not available, but it was evident that the total cable and wireless traffic with . the Dominions was now- considerably greater than it was prior to the inauguration of the beam services. ■

BROADCASTING DEBATES. PARLIAMENT NOT IN FAVOUR. A. and N.Z.-Sun. LONDON, March 7. The Prime Minister; Mi'. Baldwin, stated in the House of Commons that after a consultation with the party leaders in 1926, he had concluded that there was a preponderating opinion against broadcasting the proceedings m Parliament. He did not believe that that opinion had substantially changed, and therefore he did 'not- propose to appoint a committee of inquiry on the subject.