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EMPIRE GOMMBAHS.
WIRELESS TELEPHONY.
CONFERENCE RECOMMENDS
INVESTIGATION.
LONDON, 18rh .Tnlv.
A special committee of the Imperial Con-
| ferenee was held :it. Ihe Colon 'al Ofiice to
day. Mr. Churchill.1 Secretary of State for
The Colonics, presided, and Mr. lT'ighe-',
Afr. Massey. Sir Thomas Smartt, Colonel
jM'-nts nnd Mr. Ballantyne (Canada) were
.present. Tlio Co forence discussed wire-
jloss telephony, and after hearing state-
|men(,s by the Postmaster-Geivrat and Sr
jlfcnry Norman, it recommended that de
velopments in wireless telephony, whether
hv governmental or private enterprise,
should he investigated, and reports fur
nished to the Governments cf India an!
the Dominions.
The conunittoe then considered the ques
tion of nationality and approved proposils
in; lie by the Home Secretary (Mr Shorilt),
suggesting the acquisition of British nation
ality by porarns of Brtisb descent of
second and subsequent generations bom
tbroad, should he subject to registration
at birth, with the renewal of registration
as a British subject at the age of 21.
Tlio committee also resolved thai a con
ference of the patent officials of tlie Do
minions should sit in London at an early
date. Tlie patent conference would cm-
s der the pniclicabiiity of instituting 11 sys
tem of granting patents which Would be
\alid through tho British Empire.
lxistly, the committee considered tlie
representations of the Empire Press Union,
Lt wns agreed that tlie resolution passed
a! Ottawa in 19/0, that any assistance
given by the Governments of tlie Empire
towards tlie reduction of press services by
cable or wireless, should appear specifically
in estimates of public expenditure, and
should not affect the freedom of news
papers. The committee was in full sym
pathy with the necessity for reducing the
rates for both cable and wireless for press
messages, and recommended the most fa
vorable cxamina'tiou by the Governments
concerned of any practicable proposals to
that end.
Tlr. Hughes said he was much impressed
with the possibilities of airships as a re
sult of his inspection of Croydon aerodrome
during the week end. He was particularly
struck with the absence of all those
elements of uncertainty which were objec
tionable in aeroplanes,
MR. HUGHES PREPARING TO
RETURN.
The Dominions Prime Ministers, with
tlie exception of Mr. Meighen, will I10 tlie
guests of the city of Bath next week end.
Elaborate, arrangements are being made for
their entertainment, but Mr. Hughes and
Mr. Massey insist upon returning to Lon
don on Sunday nigh't.
Passages for klr. Hughes and lsis party
are being reserved in steamers travelling
via Suez iu the last week in August or the
beginning of September. The amount of
ousiness remaining for him to do sugg/sts
1 tho possibility that Mr. Hughes will lie
unable to visit France, unless at is a rush
1 at the last moment to Amiens to visit tile
-war memorial and present the Australian
lla?-
.Mr. Hughes conferred with Mr. Lloyd
George privately to-day.
A NEW MARCONI DEVICE.
LONDON, 18th July.
Signor Marconi announces a now device
for receiving wireless telegrams which will
enable continuous messages to be rycciveu
iroin America, despite atmospheric dis
turbances, throughout the 21 hours and at
high speed.
A 400-MILES CONVERSATION IN
SOUTH AFRICA.
CAPETOWN, 19th July.
The development of wireless telephony
in tlie Union is illustrated by the fact that
estenkiy a conversation was muui'taincd
between Port Elizabeth and Durban, a dis
tance of 400 miles. Tlie voices were board
most clearly.
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