WONDERS OF WIRELESS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 88, 15 April 1925, Page 5

WONDERS OF WIRELESS.

AN AMATEUR'S DISCOVERY. (Received 2 p.m.l LONDON, April 14. The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Express" says that a French amateur has discovered a way to send two shortwave messages simultaneously- from the same aerial. Messsages on a 55-metre wave and a 00-Hietree wave were received from America perfectly.— (A. and N.Z.) THE DOLE AT HOME. EFFECT ON MIGRATION. LONDON, April 14. The High Commissioner for Australia (Sir Joseph Cook) spoke on immigration at the opening of a conference of teachers of handicraft at Brighton. He said it was now infinitely more difficult to secure suitable migrants for Australia than it was previously, owing to the increased number of recipients of the dole in England. "We cannot secure them so long as they can sit at home and do so in_nensely well for themselves." said Sir Joseph. "Few of the young men in British cities are good as migrants. Their minds have been influenced by the dole, and are closely related to unemployable minds. "The best migrants are those who have been taught to use tools. The cure for the unemployable mind is to get boys to like their work. One way to do this is to develop handicraft teaching."—(A. and N-Z. Cable.)