WIRELESS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 10 December 1927, Page 5

WIRELESS

NEW COMMERCIAL STATION LATEST AUSTRALIAN SCHEME. TO REDUCE COMBINED RATES. [By Cable — Press Assn. — Copyright.] (Received 10, 10.35 a.m.) Sydney, Dec. 10. The president of the Association for Developing Wireless in Australia and New Zealand has announced that he has lodged an application with the Hon. 8. M. Bruce asking for permission to establish in Australia a new wireless station for commercial traffic with Britain and other parts of the world. He states that: Estimates have been prepared showing it would be commercially possible to reduce the rates of the beam by 50 per cent, below the present charges and yet run the wireless station at a handsome annual profit.

Thera, is sufficient capital behind the new proposal, he says, to ensure a first-class radio station being established in Australia for world communication Arrangements are advanced but nothing can bo done until the Federal Government has given permission for the erection of the station.

One of the guarantees to be given to the Government will be that the station will be so operated that it will give a continuous reliable service and not interfere with any other radio station.

The object of the promoters is to prevent any combination being made with the controllers of beam wireless and the cable companies to maintain high rates for inter-Empire and international communication.

The Government will be given a guarantee that al] traffic null be handled on a basis which will produce 8 per cent, on the cost of the erecting and maintaining of the station and this will ensure a reduction of more than 50 per cent, on the present charges.

EMPIRE CHRISTMAS BROADCAST.

(Received 10, 1,35 p.m.) London, Dec, 9

The official Empire Christmas broadcasting commences at 3.15 p.m. Greenwich mean time on December 24, ending at 4 o’clock, though if reception is good it will continue longer. The programme opens with a quarter of an hour’s selections by the Wireless Military Band transmitting to the dominions. The next quarter of an hour will be London’s tea-time programme, consisting of further military band selections and Christmas songs. 'There will be no chimes or carols as none are available at that hour. The daily experimental transmissions from 7 o'clock to midnight, commencing on Monday ami continuing daily except on Saturdays and Sundays, will probably be more interesting than the actual Christmas broadcaest. The programme for December 22 includes Chevalier J. E. F. Denyn. carilloner of Malines Cathedral, playing English carols and ilio “Adeste Fideles.”—(A. and N.Z.)