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King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 233, 12 February 1910, Page 5

The electric'%ireless telephone system, which, it is claimed, will enable one to speak to persons situated in different parts of the country without risk of "tapping" has been invented by a young electrician named Mr H. Gtrindell-Matthews, and. wijl -shortly be placed on the English market by a syndicate which haa acquired the patents. It is believed that, when perfected, by means of the apparatus it will be possible to talk through from land to warships at sea, from battleships to submarines, and even from the top of a house to a distant motor car on the road, while it is expected that this will be of invaluable use for communicating between troops in a campaign, the smallness of the necessary instruments being an important factor. Already (say 3 the ".London JDaily Ghvonide") the invento'v hag been successful in speaking as through a telephone over threequarters of a mile in the busiest part of London, and sound has been transmitted a distance of seven miles. The Taranaki Herald states that the experiment of applying waste petroleum on the main road at Omata and Oakura has been attended with great success. It was remarked at a meeting of the Council that during the dry and very windy weather that had been experienced the metal on all the other hills had broken up badly, but where the petroleum had been used the road had held weir together; the surface was perfectly smooth and there had, been no duss, . -;•..*