NEGLECT OF DOMINIONS
‘DELIBERATE OBSTRUCTION BY GOVERNMENT.” PRECIOUS -YEARS WASTED* - By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, July 6. The “Observer,” in an editorial article headed “The 'Wireless Scandal,” Bays: “It would he difficult for anyone investigating impartially the evidence of the post six years not to eon elude that Britain’s settled policy towards overseas cammuni cations has been one of conscientious neglect, fortified by deliberate obstruction. “In the utilisation of wireless, Britain is nSof the first, but the last, among the principal nations of the world. The dominions -do not share this responsibility; they have been ready to match our best pace; but have had to .watch impotently Hie waste of ■precious, _thjoug}i „ JBrifcajp’s lethargy arid mismanagement. It Ja a grave decision to make the Post Office responsible' for the Imperial wireless connections, but as the alternative is further. delay and loss, we art forced to acquiesce in' the policy' adopted.’*'
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11875, 8 July 1924, Page 7
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