WIRELESS MESSAGES (SHIPS AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES).

HC Deb 22 June 1926 vol 197 cc260-2W

Colonel DAY

asked the Postmaster-General the number of wireless messages sent for the year ending the 31st March, 1926, to and from ships and to foreign countries, respectively?

Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSON

The total number of messages sent between Post Office wireless stations and ships during the year ended the 31st March, 1926, was about 223,600, and the number sent from Post Office wireless stations to foreign countries was about 228,000.