WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 9116, Issue 9116, 12 January 1910, Page 2

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

THE STATE SCHEME.

(Peb Pkess Association.) DUNEDIN, Jan. 11. A fortnight ago a scheme by which it is proposed to bring New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific Islands into communication with each other and the outside world by means of wireless telegraphy was made public and aroused a good deal of in.terest. To-day, in tho course of an interview, Sir Joseph Ward made an important statement to an Otago Daily Times reporter. Sir Joseph eaid that in addition to tho arrangements made for tho establishment of a comprehensive wireless system in the Pacific, which provided for a high power station in Doubtless Bay in New Zealand, New Zealand would require to establish a high power station in the south and a low _ power station somewhere between this point and Doubtless Bay. Tho last-named station would be necessary to enable us to communicate readily with steamers around our coasts, or coming from Australia. The northern station would be in touch with Sydney or Fiji, while the southern one, having a range of 1200 miles or so, would communicate with Melbourne or with the Auckland Island if nefcessary.

Tho Premier expected, that tho intermediate or low power station would be established somewhere in tho vicinity of the Kaikoura mountains.

By means of this it would be possible during almost any conditions of weather to keep in regular communication with all ports of the coast, and coasting steamers running through Cook Strait, would have easy communication with tho land at all times without having on board high power installation, which, as Sir Joseph expressed it, "is neither customary or necessary." "It may aleo bo necessary," continued Sir Joseph, "to have a station on one of tho Pacific Islands owned by New Zealand, but these are matters that are to be gone into specially, apart altogether from the general system which has been agreed upon. What wo have to be euro about is to get the most up-to-date system it is possible to get. Every caro and j effort will be made to assure that. So far as I know there will be comparatively littlo delay in putting tho whole echeme into operation."