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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26177, 13 June 1946, Page 5

ESSENTIAL EMPIRE SERVICE VITAL IMPORTANCE IN WAR (Rec. 7 p.m.) LONDON, June 11. When Cable and Wireless, Ltd., entertained the Imperial Press Conference delegates at a luncheon, the managing director, Sir Edward Wilshaw. in a manuscript which was circulated among* the guests, surveyed the work and difficulties of Cable and Wireless during the war, expressing the opinion that without the company’s cable system it was doubtful whether the military authorities could have maintained communications, and whether. without the efficient cable service, the press could have received their messages. Cable and Wireless handled 150.000,000 press words a year. In two years it had carried 140,000.000 words to the Empire at a penny a word. Commonwealth telecommunications under private enterprise endeavoured to bring the human touch into its dealings with the public. Mistakes had been fully admitted and corrected. “■ We have steadfastly reduced costs by stimulating technical development. The company's prestige stands high if this can be measured by the hostile criticism of the plans to nationalise the undertaking.” the statement concluded