BEAM WIRELES
SOUTH AFRICAN SERVICE OPENING MESSAGES. THE KING’S REPLY. i{Y CARLE— PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT Received 10.10 a.m. to-dav. LONDON, June 4. The breaking of a filament in the transmitting valve at Kipsheuvel station, delayed the official opening of the jSouth African beam service, and held up a message from the Governor-Gen-eral, Earl of Atlilo'ne, to the King for half an hour.
His Majesty replied that he ivas convinced that ‘ ‘every invention like the .beam, designed to overcome distance, is of the greatest value in promoting mutual understanding between the nations of my Empire.’’—A.P.A. and “Sun.’’
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 5 July 1927, Page 5
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96BEAM WIRELES Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 5 July 1927, Page 5
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