MATTHEWS RAY

Feilding Star, Volume 2, Issue 146, 9 April 1924, Page 5

MATTHEWS RAY

MARVELLOUS DISCOVERY COT I.I) CLEAN OFT ENEMIES WHOLESALE MAY ALSO BE USEFUL FOP PRODUCTION PURPOSES ißy Elettrto \;able.--wpyright). Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association (Received April 9, 9.30 a.m.) .: London, April S. Further experiments with the ray discovered by Mr Grinned Matthews which is capable of stopping aeroplane in night or exploding ammunition dumps from a distance -show thai it is even more powerful than it was at first supposed to tie. A mouse which was 04 feet away when the ray was directed at it killed instantly. Enormous interest lias been aroused in the invention, and the Star newspaper reveals that- preparations are being made secretl- (*„,. tests on a larger scale on a barren part of the coast, in which it is expected the ray will be found capable of intercepting and exploding shell at any point in its tragectory. It- may also be able to destroy ammunition dumps at a distance. Whereas poison gas and shrapnel are unable to penetrate every nook and cranny of a battlefield, Mr Matthews claims that the ray is controlable, and if will be possible to sweep every square inch of a desired space with it. Ho proposes during a war to gen'crate its destructive power at a central station, estimated to cost £3,000,000 and to distribtttte it through substations, maintaining an earial barrage for 50 miles around London, in which nothing sent, by an enemy could live. It is suggested that portable sets might be employed in time of peace for the destruction of locusts. Mr Matthews claims that he could sweep the heavens cleans of enemies in 10 minute-. THE PAY EXPLAINED (Received April 0. 10.-15 a.m.) (Sun Cable) London. April 8. Air Matthews explains that his new destructive, electrical agency uses a controllable hay as a path, just as lightning uses a conductor. He point.s out taht- the range and destructive power of the ray is only limited by the size of the generating plant. Zeppelin engines coud be piit out of action and its envelope fired in five minutes by an apparatus compart enough to be carried in a baftplane or a motor lorry. Recently., one of Mr Matthews's assistants accidentally came into eontact with the weakest possible ray. and was rendered unconscious for 2-1 I hours. I Another assistant had his face completely skinned in less than a second.