THE GENEVA ASSEMBLY.
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question of Procedure. (Received this day at 8 a.in.) GENEVA, December 11. The Assembly spent over two hours discussing whether it was a questi m of procedure or an amendment oi !!.<’ Covenant for the First Commissun to recommend the method of electing ,'*»npermanent members of the Council. >lr Milieu objected to the fixation of a period, thus tying the hand of the succeeding Assembly. Wellington Koo (China.) and lla.ijortour contended that as the period was limited it could ultimately be altered bv some future assembly. Tt was not nn attempt to amend the cov/nam. Finally a compromise was arrived at, by which members were elc- tel for :i year and the Committees’ rtt • nci.i tion were sent to the cominiUoe ■ n Covenant amendments io- consideration. WONDERS OF WIRELESS (Received This Day at 11.30 a.m.) GENEVA, Dec 12. Marconi’s company conducted an interesting wireless telephonic experiment between London and Geneva. Notwstnstnnding interference by a high powered station, Lord Burnham and Professor Graham Bell’s message to the international journalists were easily heard:
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 December 1920, Page 3
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