IMPERIAL TELEGRAPHS
CENTRAL AUTHORITY SUGGESTED By Telegraph—Press Association- Copyright '. London, April 29. Sir George Reid (High Commissioner for Australia) presided at a gathering at , the Society of Arts to hear a paper by Mr. Charles Bright (Consulting .Engineer to the Commonwealth), son of tho late Sir Charles Bright, who- laid tho ' first Atlantic' cable, and reported to tho Colonial Office on the Pacific cable scheme.
Mi , .- Bright's paper dealt with the/ administration of Imperial telegraphs. He'advocated tho management of interImperial telegraphs by a permanent central authority, free, from political control, and composed of representatives of tho Admiralty, tho War Office, the Colonial Office, tho Post Office, and oversea Governments.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2137, 1 May 1914, Page 7
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109IMPERIAL TELEGRAPHS Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2137, 1 May 1914, Page 7
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