WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10632, 10 May 1912, Page 5

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY

AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCE-

MENT. (By Telegraph — Pr@s Association.) WELLINGTON, Last Night. The acceptance by the Imperial Postmaster-General, aoting on behalf 'of His Majesty's Government and the of the Dominions, of the terms submitted by the Marconi-, Wireless Telegraph Oomprny, Ltd,, for the construction of all long-dis-tance wireless stations, which wall be required .for the Imperial wireless scheme, marks the first siep,towards the establishment cf th? girdle of w.Yekos stations round the Empire Such a scheme hat, vast, far-reaching potentialities. It has beon advocated for a number of years, but it was not until last year when the Cclon'd 1 Premiers and Mr Herbert Sam i hcclainred the practicability of the i eicheme before the Imperial Conference that iai decisive step was decid- d upon. The a-esuft cf this is now evident in the decision of the Governmenltis concerned to proceed with the construction of the following station* 'forthwith:— London, Egypt, ArV.i, Bangalore "(India.), and Pretoria (South Africa). The Singapore *iaittons will' bs operated 'by the Marconi' Company tfor and en account of the Government for the first six ii.-nlhs, and thereafter'by the Go73rnin-nt.''| The Company will receive a p;..«-;iv?it of £6OOO for each station, excir-iive of site, buildings,, ». :d ma- . ohirtery, which wil'he further yr : ov.kk-..l j for. The Company will receive 10,,jr!" ] cent on'.the gross (receipt® 'of long distance station®, if of '25 years. I