§ Major ARCHER-SHEEasked the Postmaster-General whether he has any information to the effect that the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of Canada have been granted exclusive rights for wireless telegraph stations in Newfoundland until 1926; whether this refers to Transatlantic wireless stations; and, if so, what action His Majesty's Government propose to take to prevent a monopoly of wireless communication across the Atlantic being set up by the Marconi Company against the interests of the public throughout the Empire?
§ Captain NORTONI understand that the Newfoundland Government have entered into an agreement with the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of Canada granting certain rights extending to 1926 for the erection of stations in Newfoundland. My right hon. Friend has not yet seen a copy of the agreement and cannot say whether it confers a monopoly for the erection of long distance installations.