SUMMONED BY WIRELESS

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 150, 19 March 1924, Page 5

SUMMONED BY WIRELESS

CALL TO DYING FATHER. The value of wireless in cases of emergency was demonstrated at Ashburton on a recent Sunday (says the “New Zealand Herald”). A patient in the local hospital was dangerously ill, mid it was desired to summon his daughter, who was in Auckland. . As the telegraph office was closed, friends of the sick man resorted to wireless in an endeavour to get the message through. A low-powered broadcasting plant was the only one available, and from it the urgent appeal was sent out. Someone, evidently an amateur, in Wellington, picked up the message. From that citv a telegram was sent to Auckland. At 6.10 p.m., one hour before the express left for the south, the Auckland telegraph officials succeeded in communicating bv telephone with the lady te whom the message was addressed. Rhe was thus able to catch the train, though, unfortunately, her father died on the Monday, and she reached his bedside too late. She is now desirous of thanking tho unknown person in Wellington who forwarded the message.