WIRELESS TELEGRAMS.
The iollowlu^ return has been furnibht'd by the PostmatLw-General of paid business transacted at tht> Wellington wiieie-s telegiaph station duiing the (-even months ended 29th February, 1912. 'Ibe station was opened on 26th July, 1911: Number of messages forwarded and received, 74G; number of words, 7951; revenue, £505. In additiou, there arc approximately twenty-four free mesrage.s relating to shipping and twelve free weather reports received each month. The Wellington radio station has successfully signalled a message to a. ship 960 miles cut, and on one occasion received v, message- from the c.a. Ulimaroa when thai vessel wae one day ■out from Hobait, or, approximately. 1150 miles distant from. Wellington.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 74, 27 March 1912, Page 3
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111WIRELESS TELEGRAMS. Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 74, 27 March 1912, Page 3
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