"WHAT'S IHE LATEST?"
WIRELESS AND THE TEST MATCH. Late last evening the wireless operator on duty at the Wellington station heard the. operator ;tt Dr. Mawson's station on the .Mncquorie Island .'calling up." The Wellington operator lmmeuialely replied, and in answer to the question: "Do you hoar me?" the operator on the Mamillaries replied, "Yes, After inquiring as to what time the moil leaves Hobart for Hie Macquaries, the man in charge of Dr. Jlawson's station apiiporod anxious to hear the result °< the -English Test match, to he said, H'fml s (ln> latest in cricket:'" and nlso news <il happenings in Hie outside world, ■.lust about this time, some ship's stations "cut in," and communicalion was interrupted. lip till an early hour this niormiiE! Wellington station could not get' the jMacquaries again. The islands me between ItOO and 1200 miles awny from Wellington, so it appears that in "speaking" to the M actuaries direct last night, the local station has put up .something of a record for iK'lf. AlI though it is a station guaranteed lo dispnfch messages within a aflO-iuilps radius, occasionally much longer distance talking has been indulged in.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1373, 26 February 1912, Page 4
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191"WHAT'S IHE LATEST?" Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1373, 26 February 1912, Page 4
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