WIRELESS NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 May 1926, Page 3

WIRELESS NEWS.

[by TELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION'.] WELLINGTON. May 26. The following was picked up by Slirimpton junr., broadcasted from “New York Times” Building by the Australian Press Association:—An airplane making a flight from New York to Buenos Ayres was forced down at Cape Charles, Virginia, and badly damaged. Tlie personnel escaped injury and started repairs to the machine. Warsaw 25th.— Filsudslti’s regime is ready for a dictatorship. Washington, May 25.—The Census Bureau estimate for 1926 puts the population of New York at 5.924,000. Geneva, May 25.—The French gained another victory for their thesis of disarmament when the drafting committee accepted a proposal to send directly to tlie League Council tlie important question of defining the course and speeding tlie action of Council in cases of aggression or threats of war.

New York, May 25.—The Australian Commissioner in United States, Sir James Elder, sends the following message to Australians:—Australians in America and friends of Australia in this country, are gratified at the success of the experiments conducted by the “New York Times’’ in eo-opera-tiou with the Australian Press Association, in broadcasting to Australia. This is not only a great advance in technique, since I understand it is

the first time such an undertaking has been tried, hut it is also a powerful instrument in drawing our two countries together, as friendship grows by the exchange of information about each other.