THE MARCONI CASE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10496, 5 November 1912, Page 5

THE MARCONI CASE.

United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received |November 5, 10 a.m. ■; r 'London, November 4. Continuing his evidence before the Select Committee Mr King, secretary of the Post Office, admitted that while negotiations were in progress no evidence was given that Marconi wasjjoapable of sending fifty words per in inato as stipulated in the , contract/ hut a demonstration was promised. office experts inspected the Marconi stations: It was realised that if after the Marconi "stations were built the Ponlsen system proved more effective it could be substituted at an outlay of £13,000 per statidn. He admitted that a contract was |ehtered into, between the Post Office and Godfrey 1 Isaacs, managing director of the "Wireless Company, before, the final terms had been submitted to the Admiralty and the War The contract was perfectly clean [and no political pressure bad been exercised. Ho added that as far as the Post Office was concerned Mr. Rufus Isaacs was ignorant of the whole thing.