ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2539, 28 June 1909, Page 5

ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION

CABLE NEWS.

A STATE-OWNED SYSTEM. DECISION OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE. United Phess Association— CopYMGnr. (Received June 27, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, June 26. The Canadian delegates at the Press Conference proposed a resolution favoring a State-owned system of electric communication between India and Canada to Vancouver, thus oompleting the, State-owned service from England and Canada to Vancouver, Mr. G. Fenwick (Dunedin) istrongly supported the motion. He claimed that the Pacific cable was already a great .success, but would never be a complete success till State ownership was established to England. Messrs Gresley Lukin (Wellington), M. Cohen (Dunedin), T. Fink (Melbourne, and T. Temperly (Bathurst) also supported the proposition. Some of the Australian delegates questioned the propriety of State competition unless existing interests were fairly treated. The motion was carried. A similar resolution was adopted ini relation to South Africa. IMPERIAL WIR BLESS TELE-" GRAPHY. qq O'* _ Jr' 1 TIME'S” SUGGESTION, ice “Times,” in a special article, g sts|,hat Imperial wireless telegraphy (Mali’s Canadian- service), has transmj 600,000 words, mostly j) coded, j will probably transmit fivemillion the coining year. The pres-, ent avet speed is 24 words per. miniG te, and ikely to ho increased to 60. The “Tij” suggests Australian stain tions a'-lalta, Alexandria, Aden, it Bombay, flombo, Singapore, Perth, cs Adelaide,Sydney, and Wellington. 1- Each stat } it states, would have a ,r range of X)-’miles, and cost £55,000 ij sterling, m a n upkeep cost of £IO,OOO n per annun If the British and Colont ial Governints equipped 15 stations, l- at a cost <£825,000, and offer a subf sidy of £12)00 annually, an Imperial y penny-a-wo’icervice would be possible. ,3 If cacli stain handled 15,000 words, t daily, it wo] be possible to make a 3) profit upon complete Imperial system > of 24 station; •- . 1 PRES CABLEGRAMS. * REDUCTICS ”1n CH ARGES ‘ ANOUNCED. i • ;. itttt . The Press inference, Mr. A. E. ’ Lawson presidig, appointed a standing committee and a deputation to urge on Mr. Apiith a general reduction of cable rats. Another resolution advocated the etablishment of wireless stations in the ist and south. A- third resolfcion dealt with the grievance of In dm newspapers whose rates were as.'jgh as those to New- ’ Zealand, and t-.c Ceylon papers/ who are charged a Inlf-pcnpy more. It was announce!,../that the Pacific Cable Board have de.ided to reduce their Tr-oppftion by id t< 2yd, and that New 2 C island would reduce its proportion by lid, making an-immediate reduction of ess^cablg -/ness agee from England to - New Zealand to 9d a word. It is expected that the,. Commonwealth will lower the land charge., by Id. winch would reduce the Australian pi es=> message.l?, via the Pacific, to 83d. It is a ]- 'that if the Atlantic Com- ’ v ‘ M-the Canadian land linos make rcdnci#n S , they will be. devoted to loworilk P rGSS ratcs ’ W ■■■ > (MARCONI’S expectation. anticipates large reduction i s CHARGES EOR “WIRELESS/ 5 • * Signor Marconi said that, it was, his most confident belief that by August ho would be able to transmit 45,000 words daily from Ireland to Canada, and send press messages across the. Atlantic for 2id, or possibly 2d a word, . against the present, charge of od. He, had every hope that his system wo.uld embrace -the whole- Empire. ’ It was already installed from .Italy to the; Argentine and, if successful,■'•ho hoped to 1 instal it from England to Cape Colony, and from Cape Colony to Canada.