IMPERIAL QUESTIONS.

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 65, 14 October 1930, Page 5

IMPERIAL QUESTIONS.

WORLD TELEPHONE SERVICE. (British Official Wireless.') UUGBY, October 12. The Postmaster-Genera!, at Birmingham last night, said the Post Offke had a lara;e part to play in future in Imperial questions.' Tlv latest work of the Po?t Office in the Imperial sphere consisted in the development of a series of wireless telephone services whereby conversations in the human voice would be conducted with the Dominions through the station at Rugby, the largest and most powerful in tho world. The wireless telephone service between London, and New York carried far more messages than any other commercial telephone service in the world. The longest telephone link, to Australia, was opened in May, and arrangements wore proceeding to extend the service to New Zealand at an early date. A direct service to Canada would be opened within a few months. There had been secured for Britain a central position in tTie world's system of long-distance telephone services, enabling British subscribers to communicate by conversation with 00 per cent, of all telephone subscribers anywhere on the earth.