Quick Service Now Secured by Direct Route With a view to facilitating communications, the Chinese Goverament Radio' Administration (Minlstry of Communications) has opened a civecy radio service with. the Dutch East Indies. Instead of having to. transmit'm Manila, it is now pos them directly to Java Tests have been made which has proved both successful and efficient and it is said that messages may now be exchanged between thes places in loss than ten minutes in comparison with 95 minutes by ther routes, The new service ix expected to prove a great boon and already it is being extensively used. The rate per word, $1.50, is the same as that charged for ordinary messages and those desiring to exchange radio messages with the Dutch East Indies may hand in their messages to the Administration offices at 7 The Bund and in the Sassoon Hous
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