§ 37. Colonel DAYasked the Postmaster-General when it is anticipated that the fourth chain of beam wireless service will be opened which will connect Great Britain and India; whether the two-wave length beam service between South Africa and Great Britain has now passed its final test; and when the service will be inaugurated between London and Cape Town?
§ The POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Sir William Mitchell-Thomson)The beam wireless stations for the Anglo-South African service passed the official test and the service was opened on the 5th July. The official test of the stations for the Anglo-Indian service has not yet been carried out, but the contractors expect to be able to hand the stations over for the test at an early date.
§ Colonel DAYCan the Postmaster-General say whether the statement is correct, that the South African Wireless Beam Service can transmit 160,000 words a day both ways?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONI should not like to make myself responsible for that statement without notice.