RADIO STATION

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 12 September 1921, Page 4

RADIO STATION

SITUATION NOT SUITABLE

(JBY TELEGRAPH —FUESS ASSOCIATION.; WELLINGTON, Sep. 11. "The radio station at Awanui, by reason of its semi-isolation, is comparatively more costly to run than would be tho case if it were situated nearer to the main linos of communication'," Btates a clause in the . report of the chief telegraph engineer to the Postmaster-General upon his recent European trip. "The situation is auch as ia easily vulnerable from the sea, which is an undesirable feature when it is considered that this is our most important long-distance transmitting station and is responsible for maintaining communication with Samoa and the , Cook Islands. This is a subject which I discussed with a number of interest-" ed authorities, and it was generally recognised that if placed, say, in th« centre of the North Island and near to the Main Trunk railway its reliability of operation, particularly in time of war, would be greatly enhanced, and at the same time the station 'would be brought closer to the main centres. This would be a distinct asset, both from the point of i view of the annual charges and of I Unking up the station with the prini cipal land lines of the North Island. If New Zealand is ultimately to form an efficient link in the Imperial wireless ohain this station will have to be modernised. Such an occasion migh€ well be regarded as a favourable one for its removal to a less vulnerable locality."