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A SOUTH AEBIOAN jpROTjQ&AU, Paras Association —Copyright, ' (Eecoived Sept. 14, 8.20 a.m.) , , x LONDON, Monday. The ■' ■ Daily Mail 's " Durban correspondent states that experiments are shortly about to bo made ■ with a view to a wireless service between Britain and South Africa.. It: is 'proposed to elevate a kite a thousand feet in /.Cornwall to collect' Hertzianwaves, and', if successful, it is in-» tended also to erect a station at Gib-, raltar at a «ost of £50,000. If the scheme be a success, the South African Union Government ; , ' will grant £1000 per annum, and reduce the proposed general service to a shilling 'a word'fariffi Iby a penny._ A grant of £10,000 would make the rate a penny a word. ' • . • •
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 14 September 1909, Page 3
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121WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 14 September 1909, Page 3
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