§ 61. Mr. Liddallasked the Postmaster-General the reference to the specific provision in the Wireless Telegraphy Acts or regulations which prescribes that a wireless receiving set fitted in a motor car requires a separate licence and is not covered by a licence held by the owner for a wireless set at his residence?
§ The Assistant Postmaster-General (Sir Walter Womersley)Clause 1, Subsection (1) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1904, provides that a person shall not instal or work any apparatus for wireless telegraphy in any place without the Postmaster-General's licence; and Sub-section (2) of that Clause empowers the Postmaster-General to determine the conditions on which such licences are granted. The place at which the wireless apparatus may be installed or worked is specifically stated on the licence when issued; and a licence for a specified residence does not cover the working of a wireless set fitted in a motor car.
§ Mr. LiddallWill the Assistant Postmaster-General not agree that a householder having paid his wireless licence fee is entitled to use it for a wireless set, whether it is a portable or for convenience is fixed in his motor car?
§ Sir W. WomersleyI am not aware of that. I am aware of the fact that a householder holding a licence can also use a portable set without taking out another licence. If a set is fixed in his motor car he must take out another licence.
§ Mr. DayIs the Assistant Postmaster-General aware that the Post Office refuses a licence in respect of a car, and will only give it in respect of a house where a wireless set is used?