OFFICIAL WIRELESS

Hokitika Guardian, 20 August 1928, Page 3

OFFICIAL WIRELESS

(British Official Wireless.) ARGENTINE CONTR ACT. ; BRITISH FIRM’S SUCCESS. RUGBY, Aug. 10. The Stanton Iroworks Company, near ; Nottingham, has obtained a contract for 10,000 tons of cast iron pipes for a Buenos Aires water undertaking. Tliis is the first contract of any importance obtained from this authority in the Argentine Republic, since the war, for cast iron pipes, and has been obtained in the face of severe compensation from foreign makers. IMPORTED CUTLERY. RUGBY, Aug. 10. The Standing Committee appointed by the Board of Trade under the Merchandise Marks Act, have reported on the inquiry as to whether iui ported cutlery should he required to hear an indication of its origin. The committee recommend that various classes of imported cutlery shall bear an indication of their origin. These include knives —other than suigical knives or knives for use in machines—scissors and razors-—other than safety razors—carving forks, knife sharpeners and safety razor blades. NEW BROADCAST PROCESS. PROGRAMMES FOR ENGLAND. / RUGBY, Aug. 10. I' Experiments will shortly be made t lit the engineers of the British Broadcasting (Vrpss’ation in association with the engineers of Hie National Broadcast!?—?. -'Company of America with the object of relaying American programmes to British listeners by a new method. Fading has hitherto been one of the chief obstacles to successful broadcasting across the Atlantic, hut it is now hoped that a remedy for this will he found. MECHANISATION of THE ARMY. ■ HORSE UNITS DISBANDED. RUGBY, August 16. It is officially announced that the 3rd, otli and 24tli Horse Transport ? Companies of the Royal Army Sort ice i* Corps are to be disbanded. , The mechanisation of the second r line transport of the army has progressed to such an extent in the last eight years that only five Horse Trans- , port Companies of the Royal Army Service Corps will now remain out r of the thirty-one, which existed in | 1920. Of the three companies now to *I be disbanded one is stationed at P I Woolwich, and two at Alderslmt.