MOST POWERFUL IN THE WORLD.
TINAKORI WIRELESS STATION,
"It is of some interest to know," said tho Prime Minister on Saturday night, "that _ the wireless statiau that is to l>o oKtablislicd on Ihe Tinakori Hills will bo the most powerful in the world. It is to havo what is known as five kilowatts. Originally it was intended to have two. Aud when tho station is thero tno odds arc fifty to one that right round the New Zeala.ua coast connection will Iks obtainable with ships having the apparatus on board. If anything, therefore, were to happen to ships within a big distanco of Wellington, wo shall bo able, without waiting for messages from other stations, to get into immediate communication with them." (Applause.)
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1223, 4 September 1911, Page 4
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123MOST POWERFUL IN THE WORLD. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1223, 4 September 1911, Page 4
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