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’PHONING FROM LONDON. TELEVISION NEXT. Despite tho historic importance of tho first official radio telephone conversation between Australia and England, it did not cause tire British Post Office any worry. “It was quite simple,” declared Air Gray, postmaster at Lipliook. Portsmouth advised us the previous day that Air Bruce would be speaking to Lord Passfield from Sydney. We cleared the line and stood by. The call cam© through clearly and punctually. They held tho line for nearly .an hour.” Lord Pnssfield’s secretary stated that tire talk was purely unofficial. “Mr Bruce sent a message to Air AlacDonald and informally chatted,” said the secretary. Asked whether tho Dominion Office intended to transact Australian business telephonically,. the secretary sighed. “I hope not, but Lord Passfield considers it a great .advance to he able actually to talk to Australian Ministers. It brings together the Dominions as perhaps nothing similarly has done before. Though it is necessary at present to make special arrangements to telephone to Sydney, the time is bound to come when it will be possible casually to ring tip. We will then need only television to make communication complete.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 245, 14 September 1929, Page 2
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190QUITE SIMPLE Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 245, 14 September 1929, Page 2
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