London, Oct. 12, The Postmaster-General, Mr, H, Lees-Smith, at Birmingham las night said the Post Office had a large part to play in the future in Imperial questions, The latest work of the Post Office in the Imperial sphere, he continued, consisted in the development of a series of wireless tele phone services by means of which conversations in the human voice /would be conducted with the Domine ions, Through the station at Rugby, the largest and most powerful in the world the wireless telephone service between London and New York carried fur more message than any other commercial tel Phone service in the world, The longest telephone tink, name= ly, to Australia, was opened and Jarrangements were proceeding. to extend the service to New Zealand at an early date, A direct service to Canada would open within a few months. There had been secured for Britain a central position in the world system of long-distance tele" Phone services, enabling British subscribers to communicate by con" versation with 90 per cent. of all the telephone subscribers anywhere on earth—Wireless through Reuter.
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