TRANS-ATLANTIC WIRELESS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3438, 18 March 1920, Page 6

TRANS-ATLANTIC WIRELESS.

""""""“@'-"'—'—-- .az'a.- ‘rs; CHEAPER MESSAGES FROM i .___ Y AUSTR-ALIA" . ' I - --'»-;i‘ 1 The postal authorities (sa‘yT§"‘“‘Tli’cl Sydney Sun) advise "that. approval has} been given for the adoption forthwith; of a Pacific Marconi service at a rate; of 2d per word less than the present‘ rate (i.e., 2/10 instead of 3/) for "full! ordinary traflic only between AllSt._l’“fl'-q lasia and the United Kingdom,‘ viii" Pacific and Marconi ‘fl‘l'ans-Atlle"ili”c’l“<3' Wireless Service. A "‘ “"3 Messages must bear routing‘ifi"st"rlW*§ tions, “Via. Pacific Marconi.” Exist-E ing registered cable addl'esss~s'”‘"7?ll'c available. The Pacific Cable Board: will accept no rcsponsibi7lTi‘r~'§(“l3“E>,‘s—i'on(lL its own system. ‘ . The Australasian Wireles§ (Austra-i lasia) Company, who I‘epl'e"Sc‘n‘fi3 7‘E‘]lei I‘ 91 r-""vlz'g.~

Hat-coni Company in Australia, state ’that the ’]‘rans~Atlant.ic wil'olesSV.sySttem has been in operation for many years, and 9. regular service has been maintained at cheaper rates. than are charged for the transmission of cablegrams. They regard the inauguration of the new service as a stepping stone to a complete wireless service between England and Australia, which can come into operdation when the necessary permission is given ‘by »the Federal Government for the establishment of high-power wireless transmitting stations in Australia. The charge between the two countries will tllen be 2/ a word, instead of at the present cable rates of 3/. The Trans-Atlantic wireless service has, it is ‘stated, been working with perfect smoothness. There have, in point of fact, been fewer complaints with regard to the nintilation of messages than by ordinary cable service. It is also claimed that transmission by wireless is slightly quicker ‘than by cable communication, in consequence; of the necessary relays of messages that have to be taken in the despatch l of cablegrams. I