BY "WIRELESS."
A TRANS-AFRICAN LINK OF EMPIRE. SHILLINC WORD-RATE. DIRECT ROUTE OR VIA GIBRALTAR. lUj Telesrsphl-Prees Auoclnilop.-Oowrrlrht.l London, September 13. Tho "Daily Mail's" Durban correspondent states that experiments aro about to bo mado shortly with a view to establishing a wiroloss telegraph servico between Britain and South Africa. , ' Tho proposal is to elevate a kito a thousand feet in Cornwall and collect the Hertzian waves. If this is unsuccessful, it is proposed to erect an intermediate station at Gibraltar. Tho oost of each plan would be £50,000.
:"lf:the.'scheme is successful, ■:thev.South Africaii Union Government : would ■ make ; a ■grant/of,.£1000; per: annum , ; by. the-aid of. which the, proposed 'general.; service tariff of Is. a.word,would bo reduced by a'penny. A .'grant of £10,000 : ; would -make the; rate ': a ■.penny's.woid.'SV.'^. : "r.-..■'•;"''■/■■'■ 1 ■: . :V , ;, ■■'
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 612, 15 September 1909, Page 7
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129BY "WIRELESS." Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 612, 15 September 1909, Page 7
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