CABLE AND WIRELESS.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19893, 23 May 1936, Page 9

CABLE AND WIRELESS.

[IVER-INCREASING COMPETITION. I FOSTERING FOREIGN TRADE. United Press Assn.-—Eler. Tel. Cnpyright. (Received May 23. Noon.) LONDON, May 22. Major ii. Denison—Pender, speaking at the annual meeting of the Cable and \Vircless Company, emphasised the ever—increasing competition in wireless services, of which 150 had been established since 1928, ehieiiy by foreign countries. and many at uneconomic rates for the purpose of fostering foreign trade. For instance. ii-taly had undertaken to subsidise a rompany for 310 years. The GOVQ‘n~ meat. also specially facilitates the collection of traiiic repairs cables. The speaker said that the gmvi’ty of the position was aggravated by the continual proposals to inaugurate direct. foreign wireless with Empire points where adequate cables exist. Such services frustrate the objects which the cable conference in 1929 endeav—oured to attain. Moreover, the maintenance of efficient cables was essential in view of Imperial defence Major Denison-Pender added: “ The Government has refused to convene an Imperial cable and wireless conference to consider the matter. Accordingly we have requested that ‘comn;u--nications' should be included in the agenda at the forthcoming imperial Conference."