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MARCONI CLAIN."

WHY GERMANE FOUND WIRELESS MORE RELIABLE

THAN CABLESEA

Mr. Clodfrey Isaacs was "cross- examined in detail yesterday by "the Solicitor-General (Sir. Ernest Pallock KC.,) before Mr. Justica ATLawrence, who is sitting to assess the damages due to the Märconi wireless Telegraph Co.... from the Crown for breach of contract in regard to the con- struction of an Imparial chain of wireless itaions.

Mr. Isaacs, who was naked about charges to Egypt and India. expressed dissent from several suggestions put to him by the Solicitor-General Finally he exclaimed, somewhat beatedly : "We might go on like this all day. I understand it to mean something quite different from that which you are putting to me. We are dealing here with the Post Office. Surely someóna could come here from the Post Office and tell us what this thing means, instead of asking me. questions with which I don't agree, because I don't understand. them to mean that."

Mr. Isaacs said that a message could not be wirelessed on from Singapore to Australia, but if the Imperial chain of stations had been completed it, would have been possible, and the Post Office would have been. saved ап enormous amount of money..

The Solicitor-General: The contract does not contemplate a station in Australia. That was a matter for the Commonwealth Government.

Mr. Isaacs: Yes, and they were most anxious to put up their station.

Mr. Justice Lawrence: You would not have put up all these stations simultaneously?-Cer- tainly we should, every one, just as we put up 13 Admiralty stations in all parts of the world simultaneously.

The Solicitor-General suggest- ed that wireless was not SO reliable as cables.

Mr. Isancs: I don't agree. The Germans found it more reliable than cables.

The Solicitor-General: They; had no cables.

Mr. Isacs. They had at the beginning the war, and their cables were cut. That is why 1 say they found it more reliable. (Laughter.)

The hearing was adjourned.

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Yew York. June 11. The 5.700-ton United States transport Federal arrived at New York yesterday from Antwerp “beavİ- ly laden with one "troop"- namely, Captain M. D. Mills, of Seattle, who had the entire ship to himself. He was met by a hand in an official welcoma boat in the Lower Bay, and was greet- ed at the dook by five Red Cross, two Y.M.CA, and two Knights of Columbus (American Catholic) workers; all offering large quantities of food and tobacco.

How the ship came to make the trip in these circumstances nobody appears to understand. All her captain knows is that he received, orders to sail; all Cap- tain Mills knows is that he was told to go in the ship.

It is not quite, correct to say that he was the only passenger, Jor just before the the Federal sailed the Embarcation officers remembered a "regulation which lays it down that no troops shali- be sent to sea in a transport unless a representative of the Quartermaster's Departmentṣac- companies theth. So they detail ed Lieutenant John Nidrof ́to accompany Captain Mille.

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It would not be, howavar, in During the voyage, in ac-

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for the Government itself to try Captain Mills summoned him.

to drill for oil. Drilling is a self. on deck every morning.

highly rechnical business, and called the roll, told

and in Australia and other himself he was present. and

the Govern- The question which has been countries, where reported All correct to the raised by the successful boring ment has undertaken the work, officer of the Quartermaster's for oil in Derbyshire as to the the result has been far from satis Department.

ownership of the oil-whether it factory, and in my opinion our When the ship docked yester belongs to the State or to the Government would also day morning she was boarded by individual--was discussed recent make a hash of it. The work, to three embarcation officers. the 15 bra high authority, who said be successfully undertaken, mast senior of whom asked for the to a representative of the Daily be performed by experienced

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having its hands forced by Lord absolutely essentiales de so k Captain Mills, saluting.

Cowdray, has prevented promis- "The question, then, is how is- Please muster your men on

cuons drilling all over the place, the nation to get the benim? deck," ordered the embarcation and has thus safegarded the pro The fairest way would be officer...

duction of whatever oil may be profit-sharing basis. To “I'm all present, Sir," replied found and prevented waste. The man who has to drill for Captain Mills, saluting again. Government has also found the fairly free hand must The formalities for disembarking money to get the oil. It seems he should not be restr troops were gone through, and obvious, therefore, that the nationery direction. By Captain Hills filed down the bould receive the bonent the nation will get the

and marched away

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