A CABLE WONDER

Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10311, 21 January 1927, Page 5

A CABLE WONDER

■■■■■"■ ' " * EASTERN COMPANY’S REPLY TO ‘ WIRELESS ,

marvellous Invention by

STAFF

RE-LAYS AUTOMATICALLY PASSED ON

(United Press Assn. —Copyright.)

(Received Jan. 20, 7.20 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 19. A stinking demonstration of the latest improvement in submarine telegraphy known as the regenerator system, was given at the Eastern Oable Company’s head office, London, which is destined virtually to bring Australia to the doorstep of England. Stripped of all technicahies, the regenerator which is the invention of the Eastern Company, cuts out the human element in relays, and transmissions are done automatically, machinery passing on the messages with increased strength, and even correcting errors en route. By means, of the regenerator, direct communication was maintained to-day between a large group of journalists representing the British overseas press, London, and four Capetown journalists. The system will operate from London to Adelaide within three months. The South African PostmasterGeneral, Mr Boydell, replying to the inaugural message sent by Sir Jbhn Denison-Pender chairman of the Eastern Company, stated that “where cablegrams traverse the South African land lines, you may rely upon our continued efforts to pass them on with the utmost expedition.” The regenerator system promises a valuable speeding-up of all classes of cables between Britain and South Africa and later Australia. -

Mr Denison-Pender jnr., sneaking at a luncheon-following on the demonstration, declared: “We do not fear the future; we cannot yield a point in the argument to our wireless friends, for their transmission cannot bo speedier, more accurate or as secret as ours. The regenerator can fairly be described as the Eastern Company’s reply to wireless.”—A. and N.Z.C.A.