THE USES OF “WIRELESS.”

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 860, 2 July 1910, Page 3

THE USES OF “WIRELESS.”

The proposal of the New Zealand Government to establish a number of wireless telegraphy stations in New Zealand is engaging the attention of Mr E. A. Mayne, the representative of a large American corporation, who is at present in Auckland. Mr Mayne, who has been in America for several years past, is a New Zealander, he being a native of Wanganui. His corporation deals largely in “wireless,” and he is now spying out the ground in New Zealand with a view to the extension of the business of his principals to the Dominion. He has arranged an interview with the Prime Minister in reference to the proposed New Zealand stations.

Speaking to an Auckland Herald representative, Mr Mayne stated that very rapid strides in the use of wireless telegraphy are now being made in the States, Every vessel carrying more than 50 passengers, he says, is compelled to be equipped with the wireless apparatus, and the utility of the equipment is now being so universally recognised that every ferry and tug steamer, and even fishing boats, are being fitted with it, and .there are, he states, some 4000 or 5000 wireless stations in America, of which his company have control of about 200. There are also some 60,000 amateur stations, many of these being in charge of boys who have taken up the subject as a hobby. The system is also largely entering in competition with land lines for the conveyance of ordinary messages, but the principal use of “wireless,” of course, is the invaluable aid it affords to vessels at sea in time of stress and storm. During the year 1909 no fewer than 30 vessels, owned in, or trading to America, were rescued through the aid of “wireless.” The total lives saved were upwards of 5000, whilst the value of the property rescued is estimated at upwards ot ,£4,000,000.