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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 657, 6 November 1909, Page 7

A Central Newi lcprescntattoe has been Irn formed by an official of tho Marconi Wireless 'feleirraphy Company that the icalisaiion of wireless communication hetucen England, nnij * - South Africa, In-rognrd to whioh it" tins staler that experiments were to bo made, i\as not' likely to b« ft thing of tho iraniedluto future. The propoiAl to orcYate kites to gather the electrical wares, inid the official, ifm a natMal tiigsosUon, as this device constituted the mor" economical method of piocuring statistics ani heights neccssaiy For the erection of permanent , masts Bolt ifoad, in Dovonsliile, lie eon ' timiod, *onld not be at all a suitable station for communication with South Africa, as tho nnn-T&ntecd rango was only 250 miles. v The 'Marconi Clifden station in Ireland would bo much more suitable than 1'oldlvu; in Cornwall, the former being three times as powerful as tho j latter. At present Cllfdon wcb used solely tor trans-Atlontio business, and the cohipimj had no other scheme in their minds. However. x it wis a big station, and thoi'o was ploiilv ol land there and faoilibos for tho erection of ■ masta. - ''