Wonders of "Wireless."
The steamer Maitai which arrived at Wellington on Thursday morning last was fitted with wireless telegraphy at San Francisco. Communication was maintained for 1200 miles out from the Californian coast. Messages were received from the Mariposa 600 miles away and were sent another 300 miles to San Francisco. After leaving Rarotonga the vessel picked up an rthergram from the (Jliuiaroa outside Dunedin, a distance of 1200 miles. The Maitai brings wireless instruments for the Wellington Post Office station.
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2901, 10 January 1911, Page 5
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