WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1847, 31 July 1907, Page 25

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY

GERMANY AND THE MARCONI COMPANY. LONDON, July 25. Replying in the House of Commons yesterday to a question by Air Henniker Heaton, the Postmaster-General (Air Sydney Buxton) expressed the opinion that the weight of evidence Was overwhelmingly in favour of ratifying the Radio Telegraphic Convention. Tho Berlin correspondent of the ‘ Daily Express” states that a powerful German syndicate is endeavouring to acquire a controlling interest in the Marconi Company and its dependent companies. The recent Convention compelled Aiarconi stations to accept messages from German and other rival systems, thus depriving the British company of predominance. The German syndicate, understanding tho Marconi Company’s chagrin at the British Government agreeing to the Convention, has chosen this opportunity to bid for the Aiarconi properties.

Mr Heiiniker Heaton has been urging tho Postmaster-General to postpone adhesion to tho International Convention concluded at Berlin last year dealing with wireless telegraphy, and the London “Times” has gone as far as to suggest the convening of a subsidiary Imperial Conference to consider the matter, so that the Empire may act as a corporate whole. The Berlin Convention provides that stations on land and on board ship must interchange systems without distinction of the system of wireless telegraphy adopted by them