SIX RADIO BEACONS
Probable Erection in Australia T0C0ST £40,000 (Eeceived 25, 11.45 a.m.) j ' BRISBANE, Feb. 25. The Minister of Defence, Sir Archdale Parkhill is expeeted to appro vq a p.lan providing for six radio beacqns as soon as he receives a report on the subjeet. The Minister sfaTes that the cost will te about £40,000. The beacons will be installed at Briebane, Sydney, Canberra, Holbrook, Melbourna and Hobart. The type under construetion is the Lprenz ultra-high-frequency shortwavr, operating over a radius of a hundred miles. Aviation authorrEies consider that the plan to provide a system of air navigation will equal anything in the world.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 35, 25 February 1937, Page 5
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105SIX RADIO BEACONS Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 35, 25 February 1937, Page 5
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