SPEEDY TRANSMISSION.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 7 March 1925, Page 9

SPEEDY TRANSMISSION.

i ALL BLACKS’ RESULTS. So far as the actual result of the All Blacks’ matches were concerneu New Zealand’s many enthusiasts were served well and truly by those responsible tor the dispatch anu delivery or messages y in fact, there were occasions wnen the news was known here, as well as in other parts of the world, probably before the players taxing part in tiie matches .had returned to the dressingrooms. \\ ith the result of tne final Test at Twickenham sometning in tne nature of a record was established. Ere the real burst of cheering had reached the climax at Twickenham che result had been received in many lands. Hie game ceased at 4.4 p.m., English time, and the course along which the result was flashed was as follows: —By telephone to Central Telegraph Office to a point close to the imperial cable; thence to Haifax, Nova Beotia (stride one), then at one stride (stride two), from Halifax to Banfiqld, Vancouver, along a wire by the side of the Canadian Eaciflc Railway, mostly .snow-bound, thence (stride three) by the Pacific cable from Banfietd to Fanning Island, in niid-Racific; next (stride four) to Fiji then (stride five) to Norfolk Island, where the Pacific cable bifurates as between Australia and New Zealand, and then (stride six) to Auckland to be broadcast to the New Zealand listenersin. It is estimated that the message, sent by the High Commissioner to the Crime Minister (the Rt. Hon W. F. Massey), was actually broadcast within 90 seconds of the end of the match.