AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 July 1922, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION

JAPAN’S NAVAL POLICY

SYDNEY, July 14

The “D.'iily Telegraph” publishes a special article by Pooiey, formerly neuter’s special correspondent in Japan, dealing with Japan’s naval policy. He says the latest designed Japanese submarines are of 2.300 tons displacement armed with six torpedo tubes, and armoured over the vital parts. They have a cruising capacity of 7$ knots, over a radius of sixteen thousand miles. They are capable of voyaging from Snseno round Australia and back to Japan, without touching port. Mr Pooiey considers there is nothing insuperable in such a feat. After dealing with other details of Japan’s naval construction, he adds that it is not unnatural in viewof phst history, that some suspicions of Japanese intentions have been aroused but for the present, at any rate, there does not appear to he any fair grounds for imputing aggressive designs to Japan. The writer declares that Japanese naval opinion does not share the view that the submarine is useful only for commerce raiding. On the contrary it has a great belief in the future of submarines as a ileet. unit, so much .so that Admiral Knto scrapped his war and pre-war submarine programme when the surrendered German submarines allotted Japan arrived, and drew up an entirely new programme, after a careful examination of the booty had I con made. Mr Pooiey concludes a review of other branches of Japan’s naval policy and construction as follows— If the Japanese programme does not justify suspicions of the bombardment of Sydney mid raiding of Australian commerce, no harm is done by keeping a watchful eye on its future developments. Perhaps that is why a most distinguished Admiral is steering the New Zealand Shi]) of State, and one Of the most distinguished submarine experts lias taken command of the Jtoynl Australian Navy, or what is left of it.

QUEENSLAND STATE HUNTER'S ACTION. BRISBANE, July U. Mr Theodore Jins announced that Mr Cumniing, Government printer, has written to him, oxpresiing regret at the circumstances which led to the termination of his appointment, and the Government, after considering the explanation decided to rcinstalo the Printer.

SALARY CUTS. BRISBANE;, July 1.3

The Premier of Queensland, Mr Theodore to-day announced that the Governiiient wore reducing, !»v five per (utit. tlie salaries of nil officers in the public service in receipt of more than £3OO a yea:. Cabinet Ministers and M.l’.’s are to submil lo the cut. but "-•at judges, though the Police au<| PubIk- Service commissioners, while outside its scope, have submitted to the reduction voluntarily. COMMONAVEAI.TH WIRELESS MKI.H-OUUNR, Julv l’l 111 the Federal Mouse of Represent. -1lives a third (ensure motion from the Opposition was launched bv Mr Brennan. who moved that the Government’s proposed wireless agreement should not b:' entered into uniil approved of bv llu- Mouse.

(■Mr Brennan recently presented a minority report roundly condemning the Government's deal with Wireless Ltd., be being on a Fedrnl Commission to investigate.)

In the Mouse to-dav there was a heated debate, during which were many interjections linslilo to the Government tame from various quarters of the I louse.

Mr Massey-Gieeite finally agreed tto an adjournment. A grave political crisis threatens to develop out of to-day’s debate.

WIRELESS TELEPHONY

PROGRESS IN AUSTRALIA ...... . SYDNEY, July 5. . Such progress has been made in wire less telephony ill Australia of late tlia those who have been following its de volopmen! predict that it will he ii commercial use beloro many years havt passed, and that it will eventuallt supersede wiieless telegraphy. Almost daily after the wireless stir tions have finished their night’s wort —wliieli is somewhere about I a.m. 01 2 a.in.—the Melbourne radio statioi indulges in a little wireless telephone practice, mid gramophone records and the human voices lire “despatched” into the ether. Amateurs li’OO miles away who possess wireless telegraphy receiving sets have frequently heard the strains of music from Melbourne, ami even as lar away as Townsville, which, of course, is a powerful station, the records have been heard quite clearly. It has been demonstrated that the human voice is not so easy to transmit as music, for everyjwortl has a different vibration, hut portions of

speeches have been picked up at the dis tanees mentioned. A more remarkable incident occurred recently, when the words used in an ox|ici imeut hv a person cnniinunieating with, the wircsless office in .Melbourne over a land line, and transmitted by wireless telephony, were heard in Brisbane. I idortunaielv wireless developments in Australia are hampered by senseless restrictions imposed by the Fedora! Government—restrictions that are mui'li more severe even than those in force in England. Despite this the wonderful science is developing in the t’oinnionwealtli. Tn regard to wireless elegraphy. the suggestion has just ieen put forward by an important nu--liority that every hoy should lie aught t.hc Morse code.