SHIPPING TELEGRAMS
——■■ ■ »«&s&* -.,-.. .. AN ATTEMPT THAT FAILED. BRISBANE, This Day.—Another attempt to tow, the Waipara off the reef near Thursday Island failed. A WIRELESS TRIUMPH FIRING FOG SIGNALS. LONDON, May 26. ' Signor .Marconi's wirelesis apparatus/ for firing Stevenson and Moye's acetylene fog gun on isolated beacons was satisfactorily tested. Control is switched on from a coastguard station. A fortnight's supply of ecetylene allows three brilliant/ flashes with loud reports per minute. The Clyde Lighthouse Trust has established such a station at Gournock.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 27 May 1914, Page 7
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82SHIPPING TELEGRAMS Greymouth Evening Star, 27 May 1914, Page 7
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