SHREWD MOVE

NZ Truth, Issue 1301, 20 November 1930, Page 10

SHREWD MOVE

Radio-Telephone Talk Recorded

AN ingenious stratagem was adopted by a Melbourne firm to obtain a permanent record of a radio-telephone conversation conducted -recently between Melbourne and Birmingham. Being advised that a call was coming through from Birmingham, the Melbourne flrm arranged to have an electrical recording instrument tapped m their telephone circuit during the whole of'tbe conversation. The telephone discussion concerned detailed figures and specifications, which were recorded and constituted an accurate statement of the business which could be dealt with when the time factor did not involve the charge of £2 a minute. Verbatim reports of the conversation have, it is understood, been sent from Melbourne to Birmingham, and the firm intends to place this and future recorded conversations on the offlce files for reference.