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 TELECOMMUNICATIO~ CONVENTIO~. DECEMBER 9, 1932. [1128] (3) Meteorological warning messages shall be transmitted immediately and must be repeated at the end of the first period of 2559 silence ensuing (see art. 19, § 2). These messages must be sent on Ant~, p. 2 .'il7. the waves allocated to the maritime mobile service. Their trans- mission shall be preceded by the safety signal. [629] (4) In addition to the regular information services pro- vided for in the preceding subparagraphs, the administrations shall take the necessary steps so that, upon request, certain stations will be charged with communicating meteorological messages to stations of the mobile service. [1130] (5) The preceding rules shall be applicable to the aero- nautical service so far as they do not conflict with more definite regional arrangements insuring at least equivalent protection to aerial navigation. [6al} § 5. (1) Messages emanating from mobile stations and con- taining information relative to the presence of tropical cyclones must be transmitted in as short a time as possible to the other neighboring mobile stations and to the competent authorities at the first point on the coast with which contact may be established. Their trans- mission shall be preceded by the safety signal. [632] (2) Any mobile station may, for its own use, listen to the meteorological observations transmitted by other mobile stations even when they are addressed to a national meteorological service. The stations of the mobile service which transmit meteorological observations addressed to a national meteorological service shan not be required to repeat these observations; but the exchange, upon request, of information relating to weather conditions shall be authorized between mobile stations. B. TIME SIGNALS-NOTICES TO NAVIGATORS [633] § 6 The provisions of § 4 above shall be applicable to time Tim~ signals, notices • to navigators, etc. signals and to notices to navigators, with the exception, as regards time signals, of the provisions contained in § 4 (3) of title A. [634] § 7. Messages containing information relative to the presence of dangerous ice, dangerous wrecks, or of any other imminent danger to navigation, must be transmitted with as little delay as possible to the other neighboring mobile stations and to the competent authorities at the first point of the coast with which contact may be established. These transmissions must be preceded by the safety signal. (635} § 8. When they deem it necessary, and on condition that the sender consents, the administrations may authorize their land sta- tions to communicate to such maritime information agencies as they choose, and under conditions laid down by themselves, information concerning averages and disasters at sea or information of a general interest to navigation.