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PUYSEGUR 'POINT AND STEVENS ISLAND ...
For the first time in New Zealand wireless transmitting equipments are to be installed at two lighthouses, those Stevens Island (Cook Strait) and Puysegu'r Point (Foveaux Strait), in the near future. The Marine Department ar6 making arrangements with the Post and Telegraph Department for the installation of two halfkilowatt 'spark transmitting plants at the lighthouses, mentioned. At present Stevens Island is connected with the main and with a cable which is not satisfactory. The I’uysogur Point lighthouse is connected with the nearest telegraph office by a telephone line that runs through 40 miles of bush, and breakdowns are not infrequent. The electrical plant at each station will receive powqr from oil engines. The Marine Department have in the lighthouse service men qualified to operate the wireless stations. The function of the radio stations will be to report passing ships and for cases of emergency.
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 181, 2 May 1925, Page 6
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