WIRELESS ’PHONES.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10732, 1 November 1928, Page 6

WIRELESS ’PHONES.

THE PROPOSED SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA. DECISION DOES NOT REST WITH MARCONI. (Australian Press Association.l LONDON, Oct. 29. An announcement that Senatore Marconi is ready to begin wireless telephony to Australia elicited a disclosure that ■ the matter does not rest in Marconi’s hands. The Post Office authorised a statement that inter-Impenal telephony remains its exclusive prerogative,, in co-operation with the Dominions, and the Post Office ,acting upon that prerogative, is equipping additional buildings with. apparatus’ for interImperial communications with all the. Dominions, and the existing service, to the whole, of .North America. Meanwhile, Britain is consulting the Governments of India Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, with a view to co-operating independently with Marconi. It is unofficially understood that British legislation authorising the merger will allocate cables and wireless’ exclusively to the merger, but will reserve telephony, both national and. inter-imperial, for tho exclusive control of the Post Office, in co-op-eration with the Dominions, for which considerable plant has already been mustered., EXPERIMENT TO BE REPEATED United Preea Assn by El. Tel. OopyrlgrlU (Australian Press Assn.) (Received Oct. 30, 7,5 p.m.) ,NEW YORK, Oct, 29. A Schenectady message states that encouraged by the results of last ■Friday’s telephonic tests, the General Electric Company , will repeat tho experiment on Wednesday. Representatives of American newspapers and the Australian Press Assn., as well as Mr Dow, will attempt to communicate with the press representatives and others in Sydney.

G.P.O. PREPARATIONS. STEADY INCREASE IN TRANSATLANTIC SERVICE. WHOLE OF EMPIRE EXPECTED WITHIN REACH OF HUMAN VOICE. (British Offloial Wireless.) RUGBY, Out. 30- , The steady increase in- frans-At-lantic -wireless telephony has necessitated! additional buildings and apparatus at the Rugby wireless station. In the meanwhile the Genera] Post Office -is in communication with the Governments or Australia,.. . South Africa and India, with a view' to bringing, the Whole of the Empire within' reach of the human, voice. The-service With Canada was opened a year- ago and has worked most satisfactorily.-

; ' A : further test in duplex wireless “telephony .was carried out, on Monday evening Hast between- the American station 2XAF- arid the Sydney station 2ME. ‘The programme included. personal, pleasantries arid - a relay of sections, of- the speech, d.e-. livered by Mr Soulliri, .the Australia sion Federal Labour Leader, from’ the - Town Hall., . Sydney., Messrs Hicks, Waterhouse and Reed were at the American station and. ,al- • though conditions were: not ideal at first-, a fair, test resulted, despite considerable interference from Australian and New. Zealand, -amateur operators. . A. special test wn». held -last evening- at'6 30 a m., New York time, , which .-was 9 P-m. Sydney time and 10- p-.m. N.Z. time.. Arrangements had been, made- for Mr Lawton,-..the Australian.. Consul • ' General -for .America,, ibo officiate'. in. Sydney and the ;Jsew. York ■ station fia<l proh)ine>nt in attendant »<? ." 1 • “• ' ', 1 ’ % ; v * . . ' : : • • f'