These measures should help to stimulate those business and news activities which we already serve—there remains, however, the need to develop new sources of'trame which shall render us less sharply subject than heretofore to the effect of those recessions of world trade over which we can have no control, and in this connection the further step taken last week in introducing a cheap social message, and Introducing it by means of a free day, was a phenomenal suc-coss, The number of messages sent Between any two parts of the Empire widely exceeded our expectations. In fact what we really expected was 100,000 messages and what really happened was about 200,000 messages. By this means we feel we have slarted {0 educate the public to the facility for cheap and simple means of communication with their {riends and relatives. in other parts of the Empire, T have no doubt from the very large number of letters that T have received that this facility mutch appreciated, will be made use of and provide a' source of revenue which practically non-existent hhas_ this other that it should bring the com= ponent paris of the British eommonwealth of nations nearer together and knit them more closely.
Emergency wireless Telegraphy IL is, of course, vital that the development of our service should keep pace with the wider facilities we are affording. Last September the company' offered to. instal emergency Wireless telegraphy and telephone gots at all cable stations within the Empire, within its jurisdiction and where ho wireless telegraphy oF tele= phony existed, This equipment was Also designed to communicate with ips at sea_and aircraft, The com pany informed the Government that Was prepared to instal these sets it His own cost and for use in case emergency, provided the company was permitted to use them commer: cially. T think it may be said that the Government greatly appreciated this offer but the matter is. stilt the subject of correspondence between the respective departments on points of detail, These installations should ye of immense value to the Colonie: and I hope profitable to the company:
These four major steps taken during the last twelve months have cleared and simplified a very complicated situation that had developed during a long period of 3% Bach of These steps is of major interest to four undertaking and should also be whole the effect of restoring Bi ions to the position of leadership, which the pioneer work of those who have gone' before us deserves that we should maintain. They are, of when this Tor~ ward policy has had full effect within the Empire it is hoped to examine the Empire Foreign position.
All the necessary documents connection "with the nev arrange mets with the Governments of the Empire and the transfer of the free~ hold of the beam stations to the com= vany to which reference was made at the Fast meeting have now been completed. The relations with the Departments of His Majestys Government and the administrations Overseas are of a most cordial and cooperative character, as also are the relations with our' associated com-hot been so these developments cond not have been carried to fruition. As it is, ait the suggestions put forward by us have received. careful and helpful consideration and with sen crate have "produced happy
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