14 APRIL 1923, Page 9

The Postmaster-General is to be congratulated on the appointment of

a strong committee " to consider in the light of recent progress in wireless science the possibility from a technical standpoint of Transatlantic wireless telephony of sufficient reliability for commercial us; and to advise what practical steps, if any, can at present be taken to develop this means of communication." It is satisfactory to note that the United States telephone authorities have promised to co-operate in these investigations.