WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2708, 12 January 1910, Page 4

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

THE NEAV ZEALAND SCHEME

[Tim Bit ess Association.! DENUDIN', Jan. 11. A fortnight ago a scheme by which it is proposed to- bring New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands into communication with each other and tile outside world by means of wireless teleorapliy, was made public* and aroused a good deal of interest.. To-day, in the course of an interview Sir Joseph AA aid made an important statement to a “Times” reporter. He said that in addition to the arrangements made for the establishment of a comprehensive wireless system in the Pacific, which provided for a high power station in Doubtless Bay in ‘New Zealand, New Zealand would also require to establish a high power station m the —outh and a low power station somewhere between this port and Doubtless Bay. The last- named station would be necessary to enable us to communicate readily with steamers round our coaster coining from Australia. The northern station would be in touch witn Sydney or Fiji, while the southern one, having a range of 1200 miles or so. would communicate with Melbourne or with the Auckland Islands. It is necessary. he expected, that an intermediate or low power station should be established somewhere in the vicinity of the Kaikourn mountains. By means of this it would be possible, during almost any condition of the weather, t-o keep in regular communication with all parts or the coast: and coasting steamers running through Cook Strait would have easy communication with the land at all times, without- having on board a high power installation, which, as Sir Joseph \Yard expressed it, “is neither cust-omr.ry nor necessary, it may also be necessary.” continued Sir Joseph, “to have a station on one of the Pacific islands ownc-d by New Zealand, but there are matters thatarc to be gone into specially, apart altogether from the general system which, lias been agreed upon. AVhat wo have to be sure about- is to get the most up-to-date system it is possible to get. Every care and effort- will be made to assure that. So far as I know there will be comparatively little delay in nutting the whole scheme into operation.”