WIRELESS AND CABLES.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19174, 3 December 1927, Page 16

WIRELESS AND CABLES.

CONTROVERSY IN ENGLAND ROOM FOR BOTH SYSTEMS. (BT CABLK-rBIBS ASSOCIATIOX-COPTMOnT.) (AUSTKALIAX AXD V.Z. CABLI ASSOCIATION.) (Received December 2nd, 10.40 p.m.) LONDON, December 2. The newspapers arc giving increasing attention to the controversy over beam wireless and cable. One expert, interviewed by the "Financial Times," stressed the fact that Mr Bruce's reference to a fortyfive per cent, withdrawal of traffic from the cables referred only to the Australian branch of the Pacific system and the cheaper classes of traffic on it. The "Financial News" concludes a lengthy survey thus: "So long as the competition between radio and cables is carried on on equal terms, and so long as the Governments working the wireless do not work the systems at a loss, the cable companies will bo able to thrive. They, may have lost their monopoly, but developments and economies, together with increased traffic, leave room for the operation of both systems."

THE CASE FOR WIRELESS

(AUSTRALIA* AXD N.Z CABLE ASSOCIATION.)

(Received December 2nd, 11.10 p.m.)

SYDNEY, December 2,

Mr Fisk, managing director of Amalgamated Wireless, referring . to the statement attributed to Sir G. Clarke, managing director of the Telegraph Construction Branch, that the cable companies arc wealthy enough to undercut wireless to such an extent as to ruin the wireless companies, said: "If the cable people bring their rates down, the public, and particularly the business community, would benefit, and I do not think the wireless companies would bo alarmed. Whatever was done, bo sure the business community would never forget the grent advantage and the saving of hundreds of thousands of pounds a year which they arc able to enjoy as a result of the efforts of thoso who fought for and pioneered the development of wireless in face of much opposition." Mr Fisk challenged the statement that cables were more accurate than wireless, and claimed that if one was more accurate, that one was wireless.

CABLE SERVICES.

STRATEGIC ADVANTAGES. (Stbnbi "Sto" Service.) (Received December 2nd, 9.45 p.m.) LONDON, Docember 1. It is understood that the Government, while opposed to a Royal Commission to co-ordinate cables and beam services, believes useful results could be obtained by a representative committee. The Government recognises the strategic importance of maintaining efficient cable services. Discussions are in progress with these objects in view. The "Daily Mail," in an editorial, says: "While the future may belong to wireless, cablos are unlikely to vanish for many yoars. They possess the advantage of secrecy and certainty, because they cannot be intercepted, and they do not fade away like wireless. But the cables must utilise every modern improvement in the fight for existence. The new high-speed cables show that the outlook for cables is not desperate, even if not roseate."