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1928. NEW ZEALAND.

POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT. TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE AND AMERICA (REPORT OF THE CHIEF TELEGRAPH ENGINEER ON).

Laid, on the Table of the House of Representatives by Leave.

The Secretary, General Post Office, to the Hon. the Postmaster-General and Minister of Telegraphs. (Memorandum.) General Post Office, Wellington, 22nd February, 1928. I have the honour to submit to the Minister the report of the Chief Telegraph Engineer (Mr. A. Gibbs) on his recent trip abroad. The report is a most valuable one, and it is suggested that, after its contents have been made available for the information of Cabinet, the Minister approve of the report being printed for immediate use within the Department. — The Hon. the Postmaster-General and Minister of Telegraphs. G. McNamara. The Chief Telegraph Engineer to the Secretary, General Post Office. (Memorandum.) General Post Office, Wellington, 10th February, 1928. I BEG to submit herewith a report covering the results of my investigations into recent developments of telegraph, and telephone engineering in Europe and America. A mass of detailed information has been accumulated bearing upon engineering and allied departmental activities. As matters of this kind can more properly be dealt with in Engineering Conferences and in a series of technical bulletins that are to be prepared for circulation among officers of the Department, the accompanying report deals almost exclusively with the broader aspects of the subjects investigated, giving an outline of the trend of modern developments and their bearing upon New Zealand communication practice, present and prospective. A. Giiißs, The Secretary, General Post Office. Chief Telegraph Engineer.

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