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The Committee' of the Irish Free State Government are considering a scheme of aviation development for the Free State, submitted by a newly formed company of Irish Airways.
THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1929.
DISARMAMENT
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DEVELOPMENT IN BROADCASTING
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IMPORTANT CONCESSION TO LICENSEES
PORTABLE SETS POPULAR
London, Yesterday.
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in connection with Disarmament, creasing popularity of portable and possibly some new plau deter-wireless sets, the Postmaster-Gen- cral has decided that in future
which President
The directors of the Company in-mining the specific categories of clude Colonel Fitzmaurice, the At- fighting craft, lantic flier.
Hoover considers the hub of the whole problem.
The scheme embraces a regular day service between Dublin and London of machines capable of carrying from 12 to 20 passengers at a fare about the same as the first class charge for rail and boat,
British Wireless Servicc.
MINORITIES
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LEAGUE SUB-COMMITTEE
London, Yesterday. The meeting of the sub-committee, appointed by the League Council at. ita last meeting to deal with the question of minorities, will meet in the Foreign Office on April 29. Sir Austen Chamberlain is rapporteur on the question and his colleagues, who will come to discuss the matter with him, are Signor Quinones de Leon of Spain and Mr. Adatchi of Japan-British Wireless Service.
CABLE MERGER
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SHARES BUOYANT
London, Yesterday. The Wireless and Cable Merger has been received upon the Stock Exchange with satisfaction.
Shares in Marconis and the East- егл and Associated cable group opened buoyant, and subsequently changed hands freely at fluctuating prices-Reuter.
A Significant Visit `· Mr. Gibson, before sailing was a guest at the White House for over a week, Mr. H. Stimson (Secre- tary of State) arrived from Manila. three days before Mr. Gibson plan- ned to leave the Capitol.
He was also a guest at the White House.
Mr. Gibson then postponed his departure for two days with a view to more extended conferences with his new chief. It is known they went over the Disarmanient situa- tion in the minutest detail.
Policy Unchanged President Hoover is following the general Disarmament policy estab- lished by the last administration, and it is virtually agreed here that
the wireless licence shall cover not only the use of wireless sets at the permanent address of the licensee hut also the use of a portable set -- British Wireless Service.
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London, Yesterday, The Governmenet of Australia has taken charge of the search for the "Southern Cross" the crew of which are presumed to have landed în the mountains fifty miles cast of Fort George where the natives are unfriendly but where natural food is plentiful-Reuter.
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the Government has not receded in the slightest in its stand at Geneva, but the "Associated Press" corres- pendent remarks, "Hoover is sym- pathetic, and it is thought he may have brought to the White House
Dr. Malcolm Sargent, the well- some new idea of a solution which known conductor has refused may satisfy the quirements of an offer to become musical direc- both Britain and America."-Reu-tor of a West-end cinema, at a
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Washington, April 5.
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concerns, which, without a very good reason, I could not get out of. I feel that playing one piece a day would not satisfy my musical capacity.
T-
State Secretary Stimson to-day requested additional battleships to protect Americans on the weat "I have various symphony coast of Mexico during the currentchestras in different parts of the fighting.
country, and I could not give them He also caused instruction to be up unless I had work of greater The three R.A.F. Southampton- sent to the US. border that a pro- musical importance to do As I Napier flying-boats to form the test be conveyed against the al- do not consider the work offered nucleus of the new seaplane base lowing of bombs to fall at Naco, me now of greater importance, I at. Basra arrived at Baghdad after Arizona. General Lassister was turned it down. 1 feel strongly a. seven hours' flight from Al-instructed to take measures to that one has a certain job in life exandretta at an average speed of make the protest effective-United to carry out, and I mean to do over 100 m.p.h.
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