WONDERS OF WIRELESS.
THE PRIME MINISTER'S REMINISCENCES. "Many of you," said Sir Joseph Ward at tho Ictter-earricrs' social on Saturday night, "iiavo not had an experience that I havo had. I went to bed at eight o'clock one night at sea, 500 or 70U miles a way from New Zealand, ami at 11 o'clock was awakened by a stewari handing me a telegram which contained an invitation to a social gathering all those miles away. . . . Yon commenco to realise," il'io Prime Minister added, "when this sort of tiling occurs th;.t thero is nothing of tho 'experimental sl-ago' about wireless telegraphy nowadays." Ho went on to say that during his voyage out to New Zeajand (he ship was always ill communication with some plae<_" or somo other ship. Every day they had neivs of the doings of tho world. ' Tho accuracy oi this news was quite extraordinary. Only on cno occasion had lie had reason to have one doubtful word repeated. Sir Joseph Ward also alluded to the convenience it was to merchants arranging sales and having to meet urgent; orders for season's goofs to know somo days in advance at what exact timo they coiild expoct to obtain their consignments.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1223, 4 September 1911, Page 6
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200WONDERS OF WIRELESS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1223, 4 September 1911, Page 6
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