ONE NIGGER POWER
RADIO IN THE WILDS. DEVELOPMENT IN NEW GUINEA. In the wilds of the Mandated Territory of the New Guinea district officers of the Administration are established at various points remote from the seat of Government authority. From tho district stations petrol officers adventure still further afield and the necessity of maintaining communication between the officers and their headquarters has always been a probleni for the Administration. Hitherto the principal means of conveying urgent messages has been bv native runners. Now something new ha s been evolved. Amalgamated Wire, less has produced a transmitter, tho generator of -which is driven by a pedal arrangement like an ordinary bicycle. A native boy is proud to “ride” tho machine and witlr this form of power A.W.A. in recent tests has worked telephony over the mountains and forests of the territory nt distances up to 400 miles.
The equipment, which is made for wireless telegraph as well as telephone working, weighs only 2001bs. including tho “bicvcle” ami batteries. It can ho arranged in packages suitable for native bearers to carry. A.W.A. is now- carrying out further tests for the Administration, with a view to determining to what extent this innnovation can bo utilised in tho Mandated Territory.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 300, 2 December 1933, Page 10
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