THE REJECTED SCHEME.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 2, 4 January 1910, Page 3

THE REJECTED SCHEME.

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The conference was against the adoption of the Pacific ftadio-Tele-graphy Company's scheme. This concern was registered in London in faaSK 7' /*?' wl th a capital * £bU,UOO, and its scheme appeared to nave the support of Mr' Milward manager in the Pacific of the Pacific t^able Board. It proposed to make -brji the headquarters of the scheme and utilise the Poulsen system of transmission, which is capable' of a speed of thirty words per minute. The service v/as to be established and maintained between the chief Pacific islands, Papua, Australia and New Zealand Tw«o high power stations • were to be erected at Fiji and Ocean I 3&k Wltll a communication. radius ot 1200 miles, by means" of which all the smaller'stations would be able to inter-communicate with the cable station at Fiji and also with the Dominion and the Commonwealth, when the proposed Government radiostations at Doubtless ,-Bay <North Cape), and Southport (Queensland) are installed. Provided' sufficient support was forthcoming, it waa proposed, in the first instance, to Establish and maintain communication between Fiji and the following places: Samarai or Port Moresby,' Papuathe New Hebrides; the- Solomon Is-. lands; Ocean Island, Tonga: Rarotpnga; Tahiti; Pleasant Island; and kamoa. A local service was proposed for the Society and Marquesas Islands. The capital outlay for the scheme was estimated at' between £60,000 and £70,000, whilst the annual cost of upkeep would amount-to over £20,000. The* cost of operating a small v/ireless station is found to f c about £4 per day, varying according to the r umber of messages transmit- | tod. Stations capable of working 1000 miles and over cost from £li) upwards per mile.