MID-OCEAN MICROPHONE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 908, 27 February 1930, Page 11

MID-OCEAN MICROPHONE

LINER'S CAPTAIN TALKS TO BRITAIN UNIQUE BROADCAST ITEM LONDON, Wednesday. British listeners were surprised last evening to hear over the air a talk by Captain Vaughan, commander of the White Star liner Majestic, while she was steaming at 23J knots 1,300 miles from London. * This was the first item broadcast from mid-ocean by the British Broadcasting Association. It was a great success. NO BEAM SYSTEM GOVERNMENT’S DECISION DEVELOPMENT OF RUGBY LONDON, Tuesday. The “Daily Mail” says the Government has decided not to take up the beam wireless system as advocated for Imperial and international communications. It intends retaining and expanding the service operated from Rugby, from which Britain at present communicates by telephone with America. The suggestion to link up with private enterprise in operating the beam system will be rejected. Experts have advised that the development of the Rugby station will involve less capital and less cost, and that it can be rapidly adapted for world telephony. The Post Office experts assert that there is little to choose technically between Rugby and the beam system.