SHIPS' NEED FOR RADIO BEACONS
VISITING CAPTAIN'S VIEWS U'iU'SS AS.SOIUTIOH TEI.EGR.IIf.) WELLINGTON, February 12. In the opinion of Captain Greenhill, the master of the cargo vessel AngloCanadian, which was engaged to-day loading wool at Wellington, for the United Kingdom, radio beacons should be established round the New Zealand coast. It was an urgent need, he said, and would do much to assist overseas vessels in their approach to Dominion ports.
There were many times when rain and low-lying clouds make it impossible to take -astronomical observations Captain Greenhill said. On his trip from Australia to Picton he encountered cyclonic weather, and the sky was absolutely overcast. He had been fortunate in establishing his position with the assistance oi another ship otherwise delay would have been occasioned.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21088, 13 February 1934, Page 8
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