EMPIRE COMMUNICATION.
BREAKAGES IN CABLES.
VALUE OF BEAM WIRELESS.:
PROGRESS AT RUGBY STATION By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received November 27, 6.5 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 26. When the House of Commons was in Committee on the Expiring Laws Continuance Bill Viscount Wolmer, who was Assistant Postrnaster-General in the late Conservative Government, referred to the recent earthquake in the North Atlantic which caused the breakage of cables. He stated that if it had not been for the beam wireless service the whole system of communication between Britain and America, Australia and New Zealand would have been hopelessly congested for many weeks. Mr. H. B. Lees-Smith, PostmasterGeneral, said the contracts finally transferring the cable companies and the beam service to the Imperial Communications. Company had been signed the da-y before the Baldwin Government left office. The present Government therefore had na> power to prevent their complete transfer..
-The Rugby wireless station was progressing. The Post Office Department proposed shortly to introduce another longwave and another short-wave transmitter.. With these there would be five channel!! of communication.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20424, 28 November 1929, Page 11
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172EMPIRE COMMUNICATION. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20424, 28 November 1929, Page 11
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