EMPIRE "WIRELESS."

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 623, 28 September 1909, Page 5

EMPIRE "WIRELESS."

/;•; SIR JOSEPH WARD' dN.-m,(3BEATv;. j V'v'^ONPIDENTrAiTSFOUSIATION.'!' ;.;: •(By,■ Tctegraph-PreM ■Association-Copyright.) -.' ;■ .•'_•■••-■', !■:':■ : ' '.- '■■■■'■> Suva;; September 27. > ~ In the course of his'.■interview;; Sir -Joseph Ward,, referring -.to', the projected Imperial J jsystom of wireless .telegraphy, said;; '■'■?■■" '< ; • ";.;'l,fee*, confident that wo aro : approaching ' wonderful, developments in the matter of wiro-;loss:-communication/ In fact,';l ; 'know-but probably;that is confidential, / : : ■■"- |;:"At any. rate,; r Tho, : Times' echome of .'stations placed m' such position as to,make world communication-.possible, is quite practical, and' .could be established." • : ..!/:.. ■:■; \";\ T.THESCHEMEI ILustVaTED. v /: : HOW, MARCONI WOULD ■ LINE Tj£ ; THE ' J;.::-.; ■■■".■: ./'/ EMPIRE./- -:...., / Tll ° 'scheine .• - of.. Empire-girdling: wireless telegraph.stations,-which-Sir Joseph Ward has endorsed in,>his statement: cabled'from'Suva, w _ a J,P«B«shed: i in,/.'Tho Times , '; in June,- and scheme is.set-forth.in .a later issue of the /Mail,",, in ..the., form: of; ah in-tCrvievr..with,M>-.:.Marconi.himsolf. ''■;. /- L,'^ y •ambitionlis' to:link;up the Empiro bytelegraphy," said'Mr, Marconi.' As ho spoke-,■■^Mv:;vMßrconf,- , .6at'.- , with ,: of world, before -him.::-In South Africa he proposes a cental/station with'lOOO miles range hnk:otan Jmpprial chain.- ■'. ■■■•'.;■•: v- Com-plicatioiw.; with, existing,■■■communications are-, a ■■;difficulty..'..This .has iyot -to ■■■ be overqomo,..but wo shall. ■ Mr. Marconi spoke : confidently,v ; "An';lmpeHal,wireless :seryiiei .with' stations sal; certain ■ distance's from each .other::arpund :.-thp.:..,w0r1d,,,i5.; entirely, .teasible. r -/- ■'-, ;.•■: ,-.',.■";■•. ').-■'■ ;.-, ■ ':■■;','• ■ ■■■-. ■*;• ' Hβ thon-illu'teted his method. of' Epannink space without vriies. -Pins sorved.- ae: wireless masts. -As Ms-fingers moved :tho'nolrwork grew A:distance of approximately 12,950 miles would be .covered by the .wireless communication be-tfl-ocn.-tngland; and-'Australia.", Eleven- stations would; be : used... These 6eoHohs' are set .but in the phart:— ;:.-■';. .'•;■„/■••.:.-- '■ ■Englaniltalta,■ 16C0 .mllea;'\Malta-Oairb; 1050; Si^'h^?^ 1 ?? o . l^llo^ 1,0, " ,117 ''' 1650 !' Bombay •■ .'■.Branbhinsfroni-.this chain at Singapore," pxplamed ■ JTr. i Marconi, ;"would be tho link to, Lmna—a 1000,-milo , »mce' , botween Singapore

and Hong-Kong.", To: Africa, Mr t Marconi has tentatively mapped out two ro.utos-one east, one.'vest. Thcso may bo outlined thus:— 7 E ?5* Route-Aden (from Australian ■'• "chain") to.Mombasa, 1180 miles; Mombasa-Durban, 1900: Durban-Cape Town,-700j total, 3780 mlleo. ■' Woat.Bonte.-England to Bathurst, , 3060; Bathur,s,t'So 1 . orr J , , 1 ' e(>no '" 400! siorla Mono-St. feolena, ,1500: St. Holena-Oapo Town, 1700; total, 6660 miles! An alternative route to India and Australia, , connecting: these' countries .with West' Africa; •could; be affected by erecting a' station '■■■ at .Mauntius-2200 miles from; Capo Town-anrl one., at ' Ifelspn Island,' 1450 '■miles': from Mauritius and 1000 miles from, Colombo™ observed. Mr./ Marconi. Ho pointed out that tno wireless communication with , the wostern hemisphere is already , made'' by , tho stations at Clifden (Ireland) and Glace Bar (Cape Breton). This is a distance of 2500 miles , Also.m my .Imperial chain," he added, "is a .station at Montreal to communicate• with Jamaica;, 1900 miles ;away; and also with Bntah. Guiana, 1300 miles from Jamaica. And tho British Guiana station would also offer a direct:link with Bataurst (Wbstern Africa) 2700 miles away." . '■■■■.• ... • '-. ■: ; ..*■,''.