ANENT WIRELESS.

Grey River Argus, 23 November 1910, Page 2

ANENT WIRELESS.

The MarcouL wireiess oper-ator on \ the k.M.S. Orsbva, Mr A. irvme^ad.' | a busy , ame on the voj'ag"e out to Sydney, which terminated on October 26. There were some racing people amongst the Orsova's passengers on the voyage our, including the owners of the racehorse Alawa, and the result of the Cauiiield Cup was anxiously awaited as the mailboat approached Fremantle. The operator picked up the R.M.S. India, tiien lying at Fremantle, when 200 miles off the port, and the result of the big race was received by wireless. When the Orsova was in the Bay of Biscay she spoke the - R.M.S. Amazon, a trans-Atlantic liner', 1000 . miles' off. . The Amazon was a: the < time off Madeira. Steaming through the Mediterranean she exchanged mes- ■■ sages with. Bold Head, Devon, a dis- ] tance of 700 miles, and when off Caps Otway, approaching Melbourne, was in communication with the 'Royal Mail steamers Zealandia. and Orontes, then in port at Sydney. She also spoke • the Zealandia at Brisbane, .when she. was 100 miles south of. Sydney Heads. The China was also spoken some 800 miies off in the Indian Ocean; Thp operator explained that at present 8d per. word is charged for ordinary aero.erra.ms ship to ship, with an extra charge of Is to cover cost of ; transmission by land stations. When .the la.nd stations are ..established on the Australian coast however, it is exj>Dc^ec)' thac th-e companies interested , will fall in with the International Wireless Convention, in which all the big ■: European countries are. interested The charge under tihs system is 10^ per word, to coyer .'everything, and the messages will then be from ship to shore direct. •

In .themiddlp of the x weekth c President of the Jleefcon Chamber of Com-' rnerce, Mr Jas. Noble, was informed, that the men on the Maruia 'Road; who had been working- intermittently ow■i.ng. to -the wet weather for some time, had 1 been dismissed just when the wet weather wa s past. He immediate- , ly sent wires to Messrs Guinness and Colviin, MS.P., and . was' informed -by ; these that the matter had been brought under the notice of .the Minister; The men who received notice were/ we understand, .informed that they would he still kept on. .