OBITUARY.
SIR CHARLES BRIGHT. LONDON, Nov. 22. The death has occurred of Sir Charles Bright. Sir Charles Bright, Kt., F.R.S.E., M.lnfit.C.F., M.1.E.E., was born in 1863 and was the youngest son of Sir Charles Tilston Bright, who _ was knighted at the age of 26 for laying the first Atlantic cable. Ho was a member of the National Cominittecc for Radio-Telegraphy, and was professionally engaged on a number of cable-laying expeditions. Ho instigated in 1502 the Intcr-Dcpartmcntal Imperial Communications Committee, and in 1895 was the first to urge reduced cable rates fqr deferred messages, eventually adopted by tho Government in 1912. He was closely concerned with the establishment of coastal wireless stations and the application of wireless to aircraft. t Ho wrote a number of books on the subject of telegraphy.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 304, 23 November 1937, Page 7
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