CABLES AND WIRELESS.
PREMIER’S CRITICISM. BASED ON MISAPPREHENSION. COMMENTS BY LONDON TIMES. (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, August 27. The Times city editor says Sir Joseph Ward's criticism of the cablewireless merger seems to be based on a misapprehension since the merger was recommended after a careful consideration by a conference on which Sir James Parr represented New Zealand. The Government cables were not remunerative or likely to become so; wherefore it was decided to sell them, the Governments obtaining very generous terms. Sir Joseph Ward’s suggestion that the Merger Company can dictate terms ignores the Imperial Conference's decision that the Imperial Governments, through an advisory committee, shall control the Merger Company’s -policy and approve of the nominations of certain hoard members, though the merger is more advantageous to the cable owners than to the wireless companies in enabling the former to capitalise the position before wireless competition is felt.
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Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17802, 29 August 1929, Page 8
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