"WIRELESS" IN WELLINGTON.
TENPENCE A WORD,
Within a few. days those travelling to or from New Zealand in vessels equipped with wireless telegraphy, or those on shore hero having friends on such vessels will bo able to communicate thou"h hundreds of miles of ocean Ho between. The charge for telegraphing vessels at sea or vice versa will bo lOd. per word (ot winch the ship receives 4d.), a rato recently fixed by the Fijian and Australian Governments. This charge will it is assumed, only be mado if communi cation is established.
■D T ! U ''n l <2 n '" l T™ ?r sta \\ Dn in tho General Post Office tower will shortly be transferred to the ridge of the Tinakori Hills mi 1° ? ,* tation .,, '? ntw bcin K «rccted! lhat station will be connected with tho telegraph office by telephone, making tho line of communication between the outer world and the city complete. The bi"powcr station at Doubtless Bay, and lowliower stations at Gisborne and Christ-church-are_ expected to be in workin" order by November next. "
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1147, 7 June 1911, Page 6
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173"WIRELESS" IN WELLINGTON. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1147, 7 June 1911, Page 6
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