MARS SILENT

Grey River Argus, 29 October 1926, Page 5

MARS SILENT

NO REPLIES. To Radio “Messages.” (Received October z"S at 9.10 p.m.) LONDON, October 27. No one was surprised that the night passed without any reply coining from Mars. An official said:—“There are people who wish to send such messages. There im n't* reason why the Post Office should refuse the revenue. The charge woul'd be the long-distance ship rate, one and sixpence. He saw no reason for iejecting it, or even a message to th*- Moon, if it were offered. Y IfrAlHO MESSAGE TQ “MARS. Lt | ROM RUGBY STATION. (I{j iv<<l October 28 at 9.31) p.ui ) \ LONDON, October 27. The Rugby High-Power radio station transmitted a message to Mars at iMdnight, but the station officials are careful to point out that they do not guarantee t h<» reception of the message which is described ns being in no known language, but is prefixed By three and which the sender of thp message says tha t be knows physically will bo understood on Mnr«. Till-. SI N MAY RFSI’OND! LONDON, October 27. German astronomers point out ’f any signals were received in Britain to-night, they probably would be due to sunspots, which are now disturb inc wiride-s transmission.