LEASING OF CABLES DEBATED IN HOUSE.
MEMBERS NOT YET TOLD OF EXACT TERMS. (United Press Assn.—By Electrlo Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received December 6, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, December 5. In the House of Commons, a crop of seven Labour questions were directed at the Postmaster-General concerning the terms of leasing the cables and beam stations and whether safeguards were taken to prevent the beam being subordinated to cable interests. The Postmaster General indicated that at present he was unable to state the provisions of the contract. He reiterated his promise to lay them on the table. If the terms were disapproved they could take the ordinary course of a vote of censure. Colonel Wedgewood Benn said: Inasmuch as the contracts provide for the payment of grants for Imperial beam telephony, will you not lay the papers on the table in accordance with Standing Orders ? The Postmaster General: The fact is, no grants will be paid.—Australian Press Association-United Service.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18630, 6 December 1928, Page 9
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