15 DECEMBER 1928, Page 2

There is no doubt also a feeling that at the

present stage of iwireless development it would be folly to cripple progress by Departmental control. This is sufficient answer to the Labour Opposition's alternative scheme of fusion under Government control, and we would point out that the principle of State ownership is never practic- able where, as in this case, the economic and material - interests involved far transcend the national boundaries. The critics argue also that from a business point of view the Government have made a bad bargain from which in time the taxpayers will suffer. The best answer to this will be the early introduction of uniform and cheaper rates.