An N.Z. Radio Pioneer
iL. H. L, CUMMINGS, A.M.LE.E., Superintending engineer, General Post Office, who retired from the service of the Post and Telegraph Department recently, was. closely associated with the early development of radio in New Zealand. When thé Fijian Government erected the radio. station at Suva in 1912 Mr. Cummings took control, and in co-operation with other of the department drafted a report on the question of establishing radio connections between the outlying groups of Islands in the Pacific. Much ‘of Mr. Cummings’s work in the department was directed toward the organisation and standardisation of engineering methods, and it was under’ his supervision that the Wellington system of underground "telephone cables ‘and automatic telephones was estab_lished..
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Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 10, 16 September 1932, Page 10
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118An N.Z. Radio Pioneer Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 10, 16 September 1932, Page 10
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