WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 221, 11 September 1908, Page 2

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

> A NOTAJJLK ACIIIEVKJIUNT. • 110VS' iSUCCJiSSi'UL KXPEIUMENTS. By Telegraph.—l'rcss Asspciation. Dunediu, Last Night. A notable achievement iu -wireless telegraphy on the part of three boys, 1 ajjed respectively lli, 17 and 17 years, lias attracted some public, attention. Tlie boys (Rawson Stark, Stanton Dicks and Cyril .Brandon) have for two years Ik.'cii experimenting, and as a result of patient labor aad many failures, tlicy nave lilted up three stations-rone at lvew (Caversham), another at Anderson's liay, and a third at Ruvenslone. This evening messages from the Mayor i of West Harbor to the Mayor of Diui"di.i were sent and replied to between AmMon's '■ Bay and Rsivensbourni! stations, and a message was also flouted across the sea points by the boys and then sent to the l'ostinaster-tieueral and Parliament. The. sending and receiving of messages referred to wei'w supervised by Messrs. A. J. Talbot and l'i. Falek (of tlie Dunedin Telegraph Department) and both operators speak in high terms of praise of the success achieved by the lads. The rate at which messages were sent was about five of six words a minute. A number of citizens connected with the Railway Department, shipping- interests and electrical engineering were present, and spoke highly of the work accomplished. Subsequently a message was received from tlie Prime Minister conveying to the young inventors tlie sincv.rc appreciation of himself and tlie members of Parliament for tlicir message.

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