WORLD-WIDE WIRELESS

Hokitika Guardian, 15 September 1921, Page 4

WORLD-WIDE WIRELESS

.VESTKALIAN (o.\| MANY’S OFFER SYDNEY, S'‘|ilvhilmt •». 'lhciv is insistent<• in Aus tiulin that jnactical shottll Im* (toil* l in dif’et \\ir«*b*ss ttiium imic.it ion witii Htrtaiu. 1 mh-r t’XjM ! inu tilal v -oii.lit i»-n> hav 1 i c«*u ab'i’iuly without tin* an! uf ini 'Tniciliatf .stations, and oil tin* stn’ti'jlh of them an anihiiions |noj.vt v. as placed I i«’l ofc the Australian («’o

\< iniiicnt o\‘f a vear aip> bv a power) ul interest- here for tbe immediate establishment of a service reservin'' the rio;ht for the Onvernmeni to take it over on ('•rtain conditions. At a moment wlem negotiations were looking very hopeful an English selmnn* was annoitneed I for a service to Australia through internu*diate stations in Ejiypt India ami at Sir.oapore. Altlmuoli there was uolhiinr definite, and then* •a as no evidence that the Hrdisli Admiralty. ot the War Otlice. or th<* Air Alinistry had been consulted it had th • effect of stispemliiiix serious consideration of the Australian proposal for manv months

Tliej Australian eoneeirti Atnaloamated Wireless (Australasia). Limited luvino nequainti’d itself with the details of the Knolish selierm*. has now renewed its olfe-r, and has pointed i out defects in the English proposal which are deemed to he insuperable so far as Australia is concerned. In a statement, on the subject, tbe chairman of the Company. Sir Thomas 11 ipdies. says that tlx* cost of messapes would be preatly increased by fuivimr to be bttndietl at intermediate ••(at ions and from the aspect oi cHicieticv a chain of stations presented sc riotis obi(*etions. The Australian stations. in such a relay scheme, would have a radius of only about 2000 mil* *•- whereas it would lie essential in time i.f war that they should hi* sufficiently powerful to communicate with any paH of tin 1 world, in the same way us the (iermaii stations were able to-maintain commnnieat ions after tbe " bole o! then ; cables had bi»en cut.

The i'nperimental work oi the company. declared Sir Thomas, bad proved beyond doubt that it was possible t*> have direct wireless communication between Australia and any other part ol the world, and the only logical application of such knowledge was the erection of a high-power station in Australia capable <>f. eommunieating across tbe maximum range of 12,000 miles, and

n: 'kill}; nn'iiiif'cineiits with existing stations, oi' with special stations, ill nil other co■■ lit rios for a direct exchange o| messages for coimiior. ini nml I'ross purposos. IJotli strategically mid ,oiiinicr(■inllv it wns it Isi > essential to the stio-

, s ~f n s,■limin' that every capital ciiv in Australia should hr :n dirr c u i rolls s v< ill) tli«' lliniti oversea wire1. ss system. Seek ii srliomo. added Sir Thomas I! ioli s. tlm company vn> prepared to |i;,:ii; • mid ,-arry out. either elllll'idy oil its ,u u account or in conjunction with t!. . h'ldmal (Jovoriuncnt. Their justific ;inn for propositi}' such a ureal cntcrpr i-«- li v in the facts that, in addition to tlu ir own expert knowledge in ui:i- ---()• . tine: siieccssfully ciunnierciul wire- |,, i s"rviccs thev lmd the right to draw mid i,, (.o-opernle with, the know--1,.,1./. | ,-xuci i- ui oof the principal whole - companies in I'.ii"lnnd and elyv I'.'ic. on] further. they held an rx (■l. sive license to use. in Australia and y -w /e land, present and future rcuts o r the leadin'; wireless systems "I