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Colony were using against the Company.
MR. ROBINSON was of the opinion that if the Company
were prepared to give an undertaking to provide the
required services, with the exception of the high
power station, without undue delay, the Governor should
be pressed to agree.
MR. VERNON suggested that alternatively the
Colony might be told that they could proceed at once
with their improvements and that negotiations with the
Company, with the exception of the high power station,
would be resumed forthwith.
COLONEL HOME questi oned what advantage the Colony itself
would derive from a high power station if erected.
CAPTAIN MURRAY, replying, said that a radio-telephon- ic service to Singapore would result, provided a Singapore to station were also e rected, and also a radio-telephony service/ England, but questioned whether the latter would be an
economic proposition.
MR. BOYD suggested that as most of the big commercial companies in Hong Kong had offices in London the service would be a popular one for commercial
purposes.
the trans-
MR. WESTON in reply to an enquiry said that, apart from/ Atlantic radio-telephone service, the traffic on the
was small. remaining radio-telephone services
AIR COMMODORE WARRINGTON-MORRIS, referring to the telegram from the Governor of Hong Kong, suggested that it was no good the Colony insisting on the establish- ment of a radio-telegraphic and radio-telephonic service with Great Britian within a period of 24 months if
there was no intention to e rect the station at
Singapore.
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