EMPIRE SCHEME.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18896, 11 January 1927, Page 9

EMPIRE SCHEME.

RADIO TELEPHONY.

LONDON AND OTTAWA CONNECTED. (BT UOSIRALIAH AFD 5.1S CABLE ASSOeUIIO:.-.) (Received January 10th, 5.20 p.m.) OTTAWA, January 9. A wireless tejeplione wa? connected between Ottawa and England to-day over the beam radio system. The message goes frorn England to Drummondville, in Quebec, to whi?l) Ottawa is connected by land wire. Several coiir versafiopß were conducted between the two cpuntrjes, the distance being 3500 miles. These' tests ate not connected with the radio telephone service inaugurated between New l'ork and Loudon, and foreshadow the opening up of direct telephone communication to, all parts of the Umpire. It is a new and distinct inter-Empire project which it is hoped to carry out through the llaiv coui beam system. NEW YORK SERVICE. CONVERSATION OVERHEARD. (AVSTBALIAN AKD K.Z. CABL3 ASSOCIATION.) (Received January 10th, 8.5 p.m.) LONDON, January 9. The first newspaper advertisement roceivec} by tra#S'Atlaatip wireless tele? phony frcun New was published in the "Dftily Tejegraph," occupying three. cpluffln9. A few ealla were made to.day, and tfcoea. using the system pome from various parts of the country of amateurs overhearing th» conversations. The Post aclrnits that it is unable yet to guar* antee the same secrecy as with telephone, but it denies that the entire conversation can be picked up.