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Monday, 1st July Monday,
29th July. LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via
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Saturday,
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LORD INVERFORTH'S APPROVAL
نوید
London-The chairman of Mar- conl's Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd. (Lord Inverforth), made a notable speech at the meeting of the com- pany, when he dealt with the merger of cable and wireless interests and the new company which will hold the interest in the business controlling communications of the world, to be known Imperial and International Communications, Ltd.
A8
Mr.
SECTION.
tish communication Interests in for eign countries, but to extend them.
Although the telegraphic services of the Empire will in future be operated by Imperial and Inter- national Communications, Ltd. the shares of that company will not be held by individuals, but by the Mar coni Company and by the cable com- panies, whose shares in turn will be owned by Cables and Wireless, Ltd. You will feo, therefore, that the own. most powerful industrial organisa-ership of all the companies rests with tions in the Empire. For many the shareholders of Cables and Wire- years the struggle was a hard one, and there must have been times when less, Ltd. The boards of all the com- panies be identical; two of the It seemed as if the new form of com directors, one of whom is to be chai munication would be strangled by the man of Imperial and International old and powerful cable
systems. Communications, Ltd.; to be persons During recent years, however, wire on less telegraphy has progressed with approved by the Government and an
Advisory Committee to be get
eetan, re- giant strides. With the invention by presentative of the home Government Senatore Marconi of the Beam SYS-
and of all the Empire Governments. tem, wireless as a means of tele-
Your directors welcome these con- graphic communication came finally into its own and established itself as ditions, and especially the formation They of this, Advisory Committee. a rival with which the older system are confident that on all questions of was bound to make terms.
general policy such a committee will be of the greatest value, not only to the Emnire, but to Imperial and In- ternational Communications, Ltd.
The Beam System
"Having regard to the tremendous progress which wireless communica- tion has made during the past three be asked DR or four year directors might |
ground they jus- tlfied their action in agreeing to a merger of interests
Lord Inverforth; who
a famous ship Andrew Weir was owner of London and Glasgow, dealt comprehensively with the new sita tion. All the resolutions agreeing to the new combine were carried uncompanies. animously.
SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Inverforth said, dealing with the
Mexico & Panama.
Tuesday, 9th July, ANYO MARU
In the course of his speech Lord
Marconi Company itse
"The profit for 1927, after pay
ference dividend; aniounted to £112,971 98. 2d. The estimated com parable figure for 1928 is approxim- ately £408,500.
SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Portsment of Debenture interest and Pre-
Tuesday, 9th July." KANAKURA MARU
NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama
+ TATSUNO MABU (omit Havana) Thursday, † ATAGO MARU
4th July Sunday, 21st July. LIVERPOOL via Port Said, Constantinople, Genoa.
+ DURBAN MARU
Saturday,
CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon,
† GENOA MARU
Monday,
20th July
8th July.
SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
Monday, Tuesday,
1st July
2nd July.
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ALTAI MARU...
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The
your
CATTLE TRADE
THE INQUIRY INTO FREIGHTS
cent, was paid on the Ordinary shares in the operation of wireless telegraphaloth shipping service as the only
-
of
with the cable For that decision your present board is responsible. We followed the course we did because the Government of this xuntry had
Dublin-Mr. William Shaw, chair- man of the Cattle Exporters' Asso- decided, that the exploitation of the Beam system of wireless telegraphy
phy ciation at Dublin, replying to state- for Imperial communications was to ments in the Dalby the Minister of the for Industry and Commerce, states be taken out of the hands company which had invented and de- the association never declined to con- veloped the system, and was to be fer on the matter of freights or faci- made a monopoly of the Post Office. lities for export of live stock. The
to Government liccöce
exorbitant freight charges, he stat An interim dividend of 20 per company excluded us from any part ed, were too well known. The sta0- ciation had acquired the Dublin and n respect of 1927, and a similar services from this country to the rest Sillo dividend for 1928. Aa you have
the Empire. In these circum- competitive route that prevailed; and ready been informed, these interim stances, the only revenue which your they were using it in a small way dividends will be final. They repre- company in the future could hope to to counter the huge monopoly pos- sent, I think you will agree, a satis derive from the working of the Bearn sessed by other shipping. factory result. I would call your at services from this county. to the As to freights, Mr. Shaw quoted bought for tention also to the item 8 per cent. rest of the Empire was the royalty the instance market, the ex- Convertible 10-year First Debenture of 6% per cent. on the gross traffic 82s. in the Dublin stock £1,220,802 15s. 6d. This item receipts.
penges on which before being sold, in now disappears from your balance
Birkenhead were, Sa. That, he con- therefore, faced with sheet. On June 19 last the company the position in which we had to con-
sidered, was sufficient proof of high if our freights, and how they reacted on gave notice of its intention to redeem sider where we should be all outstanding Debenture stack on traffic revenue were to be derived the producers, the farmers. October 1, 1928. With the exception only from our foreign services and effect, he said, was not confined to of holders of £19,416 of stock all from
investments in
cattle dealers, but shippers or It also to the producers. If it cost 22 stockholders availed themselves of the Dominion and Indian companies. opportunity of exchanging their dealso became necessary to face that, 10s. per head to market enttle in bentures for Ordinary shares, in ac as our foreign services were deve- Norwich the buyer had, of course, cordance with the provision of the
consider that in his' price to the pro dacer. trust dood. The difference between the amount of stock converted and the number of shares issued in exchange credited to the company's will be Feneral reserve account in 1928. This
represents a sum of $790,228,"
the new went
"You will have learnt from an off- cial statement issued to the Press on behalf of
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Tuesday, 30th July.
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PANAMA MARU
CALCUTTA-VI Singapore, Perang & Rangoon
Sunday, 7th July..
TACOMA MARU BORNEO MARU
Tuesday, 2nd July.
Thursday, 18th July.
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cattle to be attended to and kept lopod and our Dominion companies under observation during the period your company and of the began to cut into the revenue of the awaiting shipment until they left Gramophone Company, that we have cable companies of the Empire and port.
of the rest of the world, it was cer It is
the confer- suggested that DURBAN, LOURENCO MARQUES, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZANZIBAR recently disposed of our interest in tain that these companies would not ence of cattle, exporters and repre-
& MOMBASA-Via Singapore & Colombo, na s
what may be called the entertain-
companies of shipping ment side of wireless. We came to sit down quietly under wireless com- sentatives this decision for two reasons.
The petition, but, in order to save their called by the Ministry for Industry embark on a rate and Commerce should be held in first was that your directors. were of position, would
war. If the cable companies reduc-public, and its scope extended to in- the opinion that your company's prin-
ed their
rates to the wireless level, clude inquiry into the freight charges VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA VANCOUVER Via Japan Ports from cipal interest consisted in its with the Post Office would further reduce for the export of all classes of agri-
less traffic 2
cultural produce from un their rates. sale in this coun-
Free mauufacture and, and in the
"the of
"The cable companies in the Em State to British markete. try and throughout the rest of world of transmitting and receiving pire and in the rest of the world, stations both for telegraphy and tole with which we should have been in phony, or broadcasting stations and competition, were in possession wireless apparatus for ships. When, larg
large reserve, thanks to the prudent When policy they had followed over a long therefore,
A suitable opportunity offered of disposing of our interest
terest period of years of profitable busi- ness. Your company had no such re- in the entertainment side of the wire-
serves available, and the result of a less business, on favourable terms,
At rate war, therefore, whilst it would your directors felt they were acting certainly have reduced the revenues in the best interesta of the shara-
Mr. Charles W. Stokes, for many hoklers in accepting the offer which of the cable companies, would have
been even more damaging
publicity to the
assistant general was made to them by the Gramo
years position of your company. After the
agent to the Canadian Pacific at phone Company,
most caretz! consideration your
Montreal, has been appointed public The Rise of Marconi
directors decided that, provided the
ity agent for the company in Europe "The Marconi Company was e-
Government was prepared to
in succession to Mr. Ernest G. GilL agree tablished in 1887 by your president, to the establ
to the establishment of
Canadian of one
Mr. Stoke joined the compre
Pacific in London 1907, proceeding Senatore Marconi, ander the name of hensive systein of Imperial communi- The Wireless Telegraph and Signal cations, and to hand over to the com
to Canada in 1912 where he joined Company, Limited
the Department of Natural Resources It was formed pany responsible for operating that
at Calgary. In 1917 he proceeded to to exploit Senatore Marconi's invensystem the Imperial Beam Stations tion of telegraphic communication by which had been acquired from your Asia" arrived at Shanghai on Juma sistant to Mr. John Murray Gibbon. Montreal where he was appointed as- wireless. That invention was, I sup- company, we were prepared
He will take up his duties in Lon- pose, the
into negotiations for the merging of 23 (Fri.) at 4 p.m., left Shanghai on most revolutionary and beneficient made during the close of our interests with the Eastern and June 29 (Sat.) at noon, and is due don this month.
Associated the last century. Senatore Marconi's
official Telegraph
Mr. Waiter L. Payne, Companies. at Hong Kong on July 1 (Mon.) at. We
8.71. She sails for Manila on July turer for the Canadian Pacific in Company was the first wireless tele. made this point a
2 (Tues.) at 6 p.m.
Europe, who has been temporarily in graph
company
one, and from the Arst Mr. the world. I am in
The C.P.S. R.M.S. "Empress of charge of publicity work, has receiv The "Mauretania", arriving in sure that Senatore Marconi and those and I made it clear to the late Sir
Russia arrived at Shanghal on June ed an important appointment in Mon- Southampton recently, covered the who were associated with him in John Denison Pender and his
be is now tak|8,400 miles from New York in exact those
were not prepared 28 (Fri) at 8.30 p.m., left Shangtreal which days, he early
held great hopes leagues that we
to enter into any arrangement unless is due at Nagasaki on June 30 (Sun) Canulian Pacife in 1906 serving first the Atlantic at an average spood of for the future of the company, but
June 29 (Sat.) at 1 p.m., and ing up. Mr. Payne joined the ly 5% days. The Cunarder crossed
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CONSIGNEES' NOTICE
Consignees of cargo delivery of their goods which will be ex C.S. Tímavo are reminded to, take
subject to rent after July 2
S.S. "MAURETANIA”
I do not suppose that in their most the Government was willing to hand optimistic moments they anticipated over to the combined company the at 5 pm. Sha. left Nagasaki on in the freight department, after 25% knots, and on two daya averag
warda transferring to the traffic deed 25.87 and 25.05. that within so short a period wire-Beam stations which the Marconi July 1 (Mon.) st 6 a.m. less would play so great a part as Company had built for the General
does to-day in the life All Peat Office.
civilised
communities. The company About the time when the conver
A Happy Solution in those early years had to face what must have been almost fisuper-sations with the Eastern and Asao- able difficulties. Their main, and in cisted Telegraph Companies repre deed at that time, their sole object sentatives commenced, the Govern was to establish
a system of telement called a conference of repre graphic communication, which brought sentatives of the home Government them into direct competition with the and of the Dominions and India to British cable companies, which were consider the position which had been then as they are to-day, amongst the created by competition of the Beam Bervices with the State-owned cables and
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There were times when the pro- blems which confronted the confer ence appeared to be insoluble, but as a result of a spirit of accommoda- tion, and of skilled guidance on the part of those responsible for the con- duct of the conference, a solution was finally roached which was LD- animously approved" "by the "nome Government and by the Governments of the Daminiora and India, an which has been regarded foreign Fower as a model to be fol lowed in: the “devalopment Erót graphic communications throug the world' It is particularly
of note that in the United State Americe,
which of all the Powers
syste were alone possesson
telegraphic communications
Able to that owned
Empire, the greatest
Brish merger has been ready steps have been taken: United States which have for thet object the formation of, a similar
"I am confident that if an organi sation like Cables and Wireless had been in existence during the past ten years, it could
transfer of these
companies, Into sure it will be a part Foethe directors of the
consolidate
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