ACROSS THE TASMAN

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 114, 6 February 1908, Page 7

ACROSS THE TASMAN

FIRST WIRELESS MESSAGE. SIR JOSEPH WARD TO MR. DEAKIN. " HANDED ON BY WARSHIPS FLAGSHIP THE CENTRAL LINK •/ih6.,.meissago . which : tho. Prcmref (Sn . -'Josopli /Ward)/has successfully dispatched t( • th« Hon. Mri Alfred Deakm- (Premier .of th< . COmmotlWeitltli) by wirelfcss telegraphy is . nniqUi, because. of I Mie fact that- it is the first iflessaejo by ' Wireless telegraphy- scili betwoeii tlio tK'o - countries;- E>ir Josepl •- ■Wafd's message. Was afc follows!— ■■". .'.v ' : Hon.' Mr. Deatiin, Prime (Minister, Commonwealth of . Australia,, Melbourne, ; —Thanks to the courtesy of' His. Exoellenoy.AdmlralFav.Ues, I am enabled, ' by the medium of wireless telegraphy, . ;to send yoU..and? your. fellow-coun'iTymen cordial:,greetings' and -Heartiest good • wishes fdfythe flrosress;; prosperity,■■ and < development of Australia. May the tics. > of kinship and;the' bonds of;,friendship that have ever existed between us as / ' ' sister countries continue, and whllo each ( . . -i. strenuously, prosecutes^suchpoliciesi as > c are besj "calculated to sorve the truo it> tercsts of its' people, may each, as proud i members of ithe British Empire!, contlnuo to grow In prestige and strength,, and ever help to increase the influencoand enhance-the glory of ; tho Crand Old - Flag. (Signed), J. C. WARD." ~ ,"V ~ | •The Premier, received !.word yesterday thai the A - mes3age. - hadi/becn • successfully,: disi patched.'. H.M.S.- Pioheer, in the Wellington . Harbour, had succeeded,, at-4 p.m.. on Tues , J day, -, in picking up ihe- flagship Powerful . which -was the centre.or."repeating "- ship .at .the'-.time between here and/Australia, ano which sent the message on to H.M.S; Psyoho. lying; in Farm Gove, -Sydney. No diffionltj ■-..I leas 'experienced in having tho messago read >.' ;>V<" !<> '\f'j •-.-The .left Wellington at 8.20 a.m. ■ last Ffiday. -The distance- from Wellington ;■ to- Sydney ,by tlio ; occan-routo via!. Cook : Strait is .1239 nautical miles. < v> , - , CABLED ACCOUNT. - it-TKMSBArH-rrBESS : ASSOCIATION-»COPIniOHI i , Sydney, February 5. y the i warships', experiments/,with wifeless telegraphy/.between Wellington and; Sydney, the;flagship Powerful acting as." repeater ■' of--messages: .in ,tho .-.Tasman - Sea; was not -.-i. successful.."Tho-Powerful got'out of touch;,with;.New, Zealand ancl Australia for ~ >ix the-New Zealand side on Sunday night. V "i \ '