EMPIRE WIRELESS.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 172, 21 July 1921, Page 5

EMPIRE WIRELESS.

LITTLE PROGRESS MADE. THE SMALL RADIUS SCHEME. (By Cable-Press Association.- C o Pyrisll; , LONDON, July 20. The wireless service question is hanaing tire at the conference of Prim,. Yf; n f tens. Mr. W. M. Hughes U opposing Sir Henry Norman's scheme which provide, for stations of only' small radius, which would not allow 0 f direct communication even to c unaiU the I iiited states, and the Par East It is trin- that it would lie possihl,. to hear from anywhere, but it would not l )e p ai . sible to transmit messages from alicU stations over lung distances. -Mr. Hughes contends that the e--enei> of propaganda is getting fresh news and views before the world at the carlie-t moment. It is no u-e -imply listening to what others have to say. A wireless service, to be of any use to Australia must enable Australia to speak to any place directly, accurately, and Uninterruptedly. Australia will not be satisfied with anything short of this ideal. Local views on the Empire's world's affairs are often likely to exert a great influence if delivered promptly. .Departmental expert* and Government officials favour Sir Henry Norman's scheme. They accentuate the cost unreliability, and difficulties of direct coinmunicatiou, yet wireless companies and Signor Marconi support Mr. Hughes, contending that anything except a direct service is obsolete.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)