OFFICIAL WIRELESS

Hokitika Guardian, 13 January 1930, Page 2

OFFICIAL WIRELESS

WIRELESS OPERATORS

REVISION OF CONDITIONS

(British Official Wireless.)

RUGBY,; January 8. A conference was held in London to-day between' -the -Association of iVvireless and Cable Telegraphists and representatives of engineering and allied employers regarding the request of the telegraphists for Revision of the present conditions of service of marine wireless opeyatprs. v .. . fibY;

The casejfor the tel4grap,hjsti?. ! having been staled, conference^'-adjourned to give the employers an opportunity of considering the petition..

Vi* • > \ PICTURES BY WIRE. THE LATEST I>EVELQPMENT. JR UGBY, ’ January 8. The new service of ; picture telegraphy between Britain and Germany was opened yesterday .with an exchange of photographs and friendly greetings between the Postmaster-General, Mr H. B. Lees and the German Minister of Post and Telegraphs, .Herr Stegr

I . ♦.» I. JJi it; >/,/ 1 ! erwald. | • ■' The pictures -and . handwriting were excellently .produced at th'd Central Telegraph'Office. , Transmission -took twenty minutes and from 3 o’clock when thi service; opened to the public, the instruments were kept busy. _ . The post Office is looking to the newspapers to. provider most ojf. the business ip this now field at first, but it is stated that it may be used for. transmitting cheques and legal documents with signatures in facsimile, and almost any drawings, photographs, printing, or writing which is urgently required.

CONFERENCE ON WAGES

IDEA ABANDONED

RUGBY, January 8,

The Preparatory International Technical Cpnference on conditions of work in the coal mining inijustry, which is Doing held at Geneva,-, began to-day with a general discussion on the question 'of wages." tion of wages. Mr A. JV Cook, British’miners’ delegate, spoke in favour of.the establishment of international machinery to fix a minimum wage.. . .. The Goverment delegates of,, Germany, P.olart.d, and France, as. well as those of the coal owners, who spoke, considered . the time was not yet ripe for the conclusion of an international agreement on this subject.; The general opinion at present appears to be that the -idea of a, conference on wages will be abandoned for the time being.

GIANT RAILWAY ENGINE.

UNUSUAL FEATURES IN DESIGN

.RUGBY, Jan, 9.

Much interest , qmong engineers was displayed in the huge new locomotive of the London and North-Eastern Railway, of revolutionary design, which yesterday. .successfully •- underwent its first trial step, and was piloted by its designer, Mr D. N. Gr.esley, the railway company’s chief mechanical engineer. The weight of thei engine and its tender is 166 tons, and it is capable of exceptional speeds. For the first time, a water tube boiler has been used on a railway engine, resulting in a 20 per cent, economy in fuel consumption.

AIR SPEED RECORDS

ITALY AND FRANCE PREPARING. RUGBY, Jan. 9.

News has been received in London that Italy and Frances are ready to attack 'the world’s air speed record of 357.7 miles an hour, at present held by Britain. For the French attempt a monoplane • equipped with, an engine of 2000 horse power has been specially built, and the,'ltalians are to use one of the machines constructed for the recent Schneider, trophy contest. Britain is'preparing to challenge any record that may be made. Two seaplanes, yet untried, are being modified to obtain still greater speed.

motor Racing.

PROPOSAL to build track. RUGBY, Jan. 9. The newly-formed Automobile Racing Association, after a long search in various parts of the world for a natural track, of sufficient length to allow of high speed trials, has put forward a scheme, which was inquired into yesterday by • representatives of the Board of Trade, to build a motor racing -track between Boston and Skegness '■ along the foreshore of the Wash.

The famous racing motorist, Captain Malcolm Campbell, has come to the conclusion that the top speed has now been reached on natural tracks, and that the only hope of higher speed records depends on the construction of such a course as this. Thu proposed course will be about fifteen miles long, or half as long", again as the track on Daytona Sands, and will have a surface not subject to the variations which the tide and the wind produce on the Sands. , a Mr Howe, . the well-known motorist, supporting,'the proposal, said the scheme would provide work for 2000 men for two years. The cost is estimated at between £BOO,OOO and $600,000, •