ILLEGAL WIRELESS PLANT
GERMAN PINED. ' ■' ). . (Per Press Association). um WELLINGTON, Oct. 7. { „ Hugo.Sowald, charged with estabUah- - ing in a ! house in Tavanaki Street a wireless installation,-capable of receiv- "V, ing;message3 and transmtting messages - without .first obtaining pormisson of tho Governor-in-Conn'cii; vappoaied beforo Mr W. S. Riddell, S.M., this afternoon. ,: It .was stated that Sewald was a Biitish subject, having.bijpn naturalised in Australia; He had obtained his appara- • lus from atocal electrical supply stora ' . for experimental purposes.'lt was very ' weak, ■ but. an expert witness, said j:t •' only required mofo celia to enable jnessages to, bo'.sent soveral miles. ,' Counsel for defence contended that' the persons who sold the apparatus to defendant should be prosecuted. '■ The Magistrate imposed' a fine of £25.
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North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13180, 8 October 1914, Page 5
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119ILLEGAL WIRELESS PLANT North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13180, 8 October 1914, Page 5
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