AN OCEAN NEWSPAPER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 29, 24 June 1914, Page 5

AN OCEAN NEWSPAPER.

TO BE PUBLISHED ON AUSTRALIAN STEAMERS. Per Press Association. 'Wellington, Last Night. An announcement of interest wan made to a Times representative to-night by Mr E. T. Fisk, technical manager of the Amalgamated Wireiessi (Australasia), 'Ltd., who returned from Rotorua. by the morning's Main Trunk express. . For some time now, although the larger" passenger vessels trading in and about Australasian waters are equipped with wireless telegraphy, very little news—lately none at all has been available for . passengers. Mr Fisk stated that a scheme wan now in 'hand for the establishment of an ocean newspaper in soutihern waters, which would give passengers an account daily of the world'* liappeningts. The publication, whiehwould be a substantial one, would commence on tine vessels ,oji the Australian coast, and it was (hoped to grndiiallv extend it practically over the whole of Hie southern' hemisphere. Mr Fisk pointed out that on the Atlantic prnc-' tically all the passenger , vessels wwo issuing'a daily paper at sea, and the/noco for it had already been felt in southern waters. The cliajn of wirofrss station* was now so «onvole*e that'thwe were no ' practical difficulties in tihe way.