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INTERFERENCE WITH RADIO RECEPTION. A committee of experts, comprising representatives of electrical undertakings as well as of the Department, investigated during the year the question of electrical interference with radio reception. The committee suggested that regulations be issued to ensure (1) that no further electrical equipment of a nature which causes interference shall be sold or brought into use in the future, and (2) that suitable action to render existing apparatus non-interfering shall be taken by the owners of such apparatus as occasion demands. This suggestion was approved, and a provision to authorize the issue of regulations as proposed was made in the Post and Telegraph Amendment Act, 1933. The regulations are now in course of preparation. DETAILED REPORT. A detailed report of the Department's activities during the year ended on the 31st March, 1934, will be found in the following pages. I have the honour to be, Your Excellency's most obedient servant, Adam Hamilton. General Post Office, Wellington, C. 1, 31st July, 1934.

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