A REPLY TO RADIO

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18905, 21 January 1927, Page 11

A REPLY TO RADIO

CABLE COMPANY'S INVENTION. INSTANTANEOUS TRANSMISSION SECURED. I'BT CABLE—FKE6S (A.r3TEAI.!AK AND y.Z. CABLE AfSOCUIIO.N'.} (Received January 20th, 7.20 p.m.) LONDON, January 19. A striking demonstration of the latest improvement in submarine teles graphy, known as the regenerator system, was given at the Eastern Cable Company's head office in London, which is destined virtually to bring Australia to the doorstep of England. Stripped of all technicalities, the regenerator, which is the invention of the Eastern Company's own stall', cuts out the human element in relays and transmissions are done automatically, the machinery passing on the messages with increased strength and even corlecting errors en route. By means of the regenerator direct communication was maintained to-day between a large group of journalists representing tiio ilritish Overseas Press in London, and four Cape Town journalists. The sys, tern will operate from London to Adelaide within three months. The South African PostmasterGeneral, the Hon. Mr Boydell, replying to an inaugural message sent by Kir John Denison-Pender, chairman of the Eastern Company, stated: ,: Whero cablegrams traverse South African land lines, you may rely upon our continued efforts to pass them on with the utmost expedition." The regenerator system promises a valuable speeding up of all classes of cables between Britain, South Africa, and later Australia. Mr Denison-Pender, ,-jun., speaking at a luncheon following tho demonstration, declared; "We do not fear the future. We cannot yield a point in the argument to our wireless friends, for their transmission be speedier or more accurate as the Eastern Company's reply to wireless" LORD BURNHAM IMPRESSED. CAPE TOWN", January 19. A demonstration of the new regenerator system adopted by the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, Whereby delays at intermediate stations are eliminated, took place, and was remarkably successful. Congratulatory messages were exchanged between London and Cape Town.. Lord Burnham expressed the opinion that the system was an enormous development in facilities for cable communication. Messages were transmitted practically instantaneously.