WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 113, 9 November 1910, Page 8

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

THE POST OFFICE PLANT. On the way over from Sydney the passengers on board the Ulimaroa, which arrived to-day, were anxious to learn the winner ot the New Zealand Cup on Saturday. Aew Zealand has as yet no wireless station of sufficient magnitude to communicate directly at long distances with vessels at sea, and — there was no news of the Cup. People who have seen the lofty aerial wire from the General Post Office here wonder if it can despatch and receive messages over considerable distances. It cannot. It is purely a ismall experimental apparatus, which may, in time, be uee^ for "speaking" vessels in the Straits. It needs high power and elaborate appliances to cover a wide area by wireless, and these tho Post Office has not got. The great wireless stations in New Zealand will be outside Wellington. They will be at Doubtless Bay, Gisborne, Cape Farewell, the Bluif, and Sumner. It is suggested that the Chatham Islands, about 600 miles from Lyttelton, should be equipped with "wireless," as there is an increasing trade opening up in fish and other products. This will probably follow the establishment of the main stations.

Among tho arrivalrs by the s.s. Ulimaroa from Sydney to-day were Mr. W. Callender (General Manager of the Bank of New Zealand), the Hon. Hamilton Gilmer, M.L.C, Messrs. Allan Maguire, G. Tattle, Lutz, and W. Jorgensen, of Wellington, and the Messrs. Goulter, of Marlborough, all of whom have been to England. Mr. Ben Fuller, who went to Sydney on business connected with the Fuller Proprietary, also came back by the same boat. A motor accident occurred in Broug-ham-street about 11.45 last night. Charles Young, of Myrtle-crescent, was driving in his car near Ellice-street, when he ran into a lighted barricade, erected in connection with drainage operations. The car was badly damaged, but the owner was unhurt. A cable message from Sydney yesterday stated that Mrs. Gow, of Sydney, is taking steps to confirm cable advices that she is the legatee of the late Mr. Patrick Maguire— who recently died \n America, leaving property valued at 7,000,000 dollars. Mrs. Gow is the daughter of Mr. Harrington, of Ranfurly, Otago, and a sister of Mr. John Harrington, hotelkeeper, of Millerton, near Westport, and Me Barclay Harrington, licensee of a hotel at Hawera, and it is understood that her father and brothers are also likely to obtain a shao of this legacy. Mr. Harrington, of Ranfurly, at one time lived in New York. Mrs. Gow has been twice married, ihj second time to Mr. A. M. Gow, former1/ of the Central Hotel and Barrett's Hotel, Wellington. Mr. M. J. Donnelly, licensee of The New Zoalander Hotel, who went to Australia three months ago, returned to Wellington by the Ulimaroa to-day. Professor E. M. Wellisch, who is en route to the Yale (America) University, was a passenger by the Ulimaroa from Sydney to-day. After a brilliant careeat the Sydney University, Mr. Welliscn ■« ent to the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambiidgo, where he took up research work under the eminent scientist, Sir J. J. Thomson. As a result of his research ■work in connection with the ionisation of gases, Mr. Wellisch was awarded that coveted honour, the Clerk of Maxwpil Scholarship. At Yale Professor Welliscn will occupy a research chair in physic*!. Mr. J. R- Thomson, the organiser of tho Now Zealand section of the Theosophical Socie<3% will conduct a series ot lectures in Wellington, beginning to-nighfc. His subject is "Tho Ladder, of Life." Tho other eubieots are advertised in this issue.