WIRELESS TELEPHONE

Otaki Mail, 5 October 1923, Page 2

WIRELESS TELEPHONE

MARCONI'S EXPERIMENTS. in an interview Signer Marconi .-aid he hoped to sign an agreement with the British Post Office within a fortnight. Upon receiving the word "go" he intended to make a great effort, with the vieiv of completing a new wireless station within the year.

The company, be says, will guarantee the Australian Government a dailv direct' commercial service with the station being constructed in Australia,

Experiments lasting over a year had demonstrated that communication with Australia was possible at all times of the dav. Experimental messages had been scut from the Carnarvon station, which was designed for the trans-At-lantic service, and had only a quarter of the power of the station for Australia.

Wireless developments and improvements v. ere following one another with such rapidity that he had every reason to anticipate the early commercial use of the trans-oceanic wireless, telephone. There was a strong possibility, he said, of establishing a wireless telephone service to Australia soon after the new- station opened. One of the latest wifeless achievements is the invention of an apparatus speeiallv designed for lifeboats, and to enable a wrecked crew to indicate the lifeboat's position. It would have been particularly valuable to the Trevessa's crew. He expected that the Board of Trade would shortly make it compulsory for all lifeboats- to be fitted with wireless.