AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 June 1927, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

aV TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSN., COI’YRIGHT. WIRELESS ENQUIRY. SYDNEY. June 21. Speaking before flic wireless commission, Mr Fisk said lor the cost of one super power station in Australia, estimated at £7(IO.CPO six or seven beam stations could be erected. He believed super power stations were obsolete. Beam stations at a little extra cost, could lie fitted with non-direetional atennae, which could bo so arranged that they could he switched over in loss than a minute. It would then lie possible to communicate in every direction. Speaking of the direction finding apparatus, Mr Fisk said during the war it uas by means of this apparatus that tho Admiralty discovered the German fleet was putting to sea and Lord Jellicoe was advised, the Rattle ol Jutland, resulting.

Replying to Commander Ol'eswcll representing the Navy, Mr bisk said if only cable services were relied on it. was only necessary to cut the overland telegraph lines between Perth and Adelaide and cut the cables to isolate Australia's long coast line and small population. It would net bo diflieut for enemy agents in the country, or landing parties to destroy telegraph, routes: at. several po:,nts, and the cable landing stations on tno coasts could bo subjected to bombardment.