BEAM AND CABLE

Hokitika Guardian, 3 December 1927, Page 3

BEAM AND CABLE

LONDON. Dec. 2. It is understood that the Government while opposed to a royal Commission to co-ordinate the cables and beam services, believes that 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. Ibe Daily Mai! in a leader, says: “While the future may (belong to wireless, cables are unlikely to vanish for many years. They possess the advantage Of secrecy and certainty 1k?eauso they are not interceptahle, and do not fade away like wireless; hut cables must utilise every modern improvement in the fight for their existence. The new high speed cables show that the outlook for cables is not desperate, if not roseate.

The newspapers are giving increasing attention to the beam versus cable eontrovervs. Experts interviewed by the Financial Times, stressed the fact that Mr Bruce’s reference for a forty-five per cent withdrawal to the Australian branch of the Pacific system and cheaper classes of traffic thereon. The Financial News concludes a lengthy survey thus “so long as competition between radio and cables is carried on on equal terms and so long as the Governments working wireless work do not work their systems at a loss. the cable companies will lie able to thrive. They may have lost the monopoly but developments and economies. together with increased traffic leave room for the operation of Ik>Ui systems. “WIRELESS MORE ACCURATE.” SYDNEY. Dee. 2.

Mr Fisk, Managing Director of Amalgamated Wireless referring to the statement attributed to Sir V cli,lk ' Managing Director of the lelegrapl. Construction Branch, said that the cable company were wealthy enough to an extent ns to ruin the wireless companies. If the cable people bring their rates down, the public and particular! V the business community would benefit, and I do not think wireless companies would be Manned Ml I. - ever was done, he was sure the business community would never forget the great advantage and saving oi hundreds of thousands of pounds annuallv, which they were able to enjoy as a ‘result of the efforts of those who fought for and pioneered the development of wireless, in face of much ojv

Mr Fisk challenged the statement that cable was more accurate than wireless and claimed that if one was jnore accurate that one was wireless.