OUR MAILS AND TELEGRAPHS.
UNION COMPANY'S SUEZ, CONNECTION.
. "WIRELESS" ;IN - THE PACIFIC.; The arrangement made with,tha TJnion Company for dispatching' a steamer every.'Friday' from Wellington to'connect .with the Suez-boat it Sydney* has ;been renewed for'another period of two .years at £15,000 per annum. ;Tho.subsidy for tho Tahiti , service, -to cbrinect with; the San Francisco': seryioe, -is' £7000''per' an-' ntim, but, the Item -is charged against industries and commerca.
In regard to.;telegraphs it is ,stated, in'the annual Departmerital report,', that New 'Zealand now, Stands twelfth.amongst tho countries of the world in'resjept of its telegraph business. ,Tho ; total valiio of the telegraph, and' telephone .business for.'tho year, was £3.74,174: ' ■ In regard to. wireless' telegraphy in the Pacifio, ■it is understood , that it will riot be used between Fiji, Neiv Zealand, 7 and Australia, except in cases of emergency, as radio-telegraphy Oanliot, compete profitably, .with an already eoriipleted cable.,,. The system',to, be used, tihder. tho proposal of the PaciSo islands RadioTelegraph Company would be the Poulsen system, with a speed, of about thirty words a minute. Tho Government of Fiji, it is understood, has agreed-to pay.-for the-installation of the system under its jurisdiction. - Such a scheme would -bo -'-of great benefit in time of war and to, shipping. It is almost certain (adds the report) that the shipping companies would , instol wireless apparatus on ;their vessels, were-such a'.scheme put into action. The company's proposals, however, did -not cover all iNew .Zealand's requirements, such ,ai- a connection With; the Chhthaiii. arid Auckland Islands. It is,, however, hoped that before long such a service will be .established, and that all passenger : steamers will be equipped with wireless, apparatus. The Federal Prime Minister is favourably impressed with the idea, and is negotiating with New Zealand. ;•
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 633, 9 October 1909, Page 5
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289OUR MAILS AND TELEGRAPHS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 633, 9 October 1909, Page 5
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