§ 79. Sir H. BRITTAINasked the Postmaster-General whether, seeing that the 567 number of licence holders for wireless is about 2,250,000 and that his Department retains a large proportion of the licence fees, he will consider increasing the number of cars for the purpose of detecting the source of oscillation to a number which may prove sufficient for this purpose?
§ Viscount WOLMERThe use of motorcars for this purpose is at present in the experimental stage. The question of increasing their number will be considered if experience shows that the results are likely to justify the expense involved.
§ Sir H. BRITTAINSeeing that the Post Office has a very large income for a purpose of this kind, is it not perfectly hopeless to deal with a problem like this with only one car?
§ Viscount WOLMERWe expect that there will be two cars at work very soon. and we feel that we are able to draw the attention of the public to the evils of oscillation and its prevention. The number of people who oscillate on purpose is very small indeed.
§ Sir H. BRITTAINIt is spread over a wide area.