WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14000, 4 March 1909, Page 4

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

The development of wireless telegraphy is proceeding* at such a pace that,- according to the ; cabled messages of to-day, ; American trains have been equipped with instruments by which constant communi-

I cation is maintained with the various stations and with one another. This advance, which points to the possibility of easy communication with simple instruments between any points not too distant from each other, should remove any difficulty in the way of the equipment of seagoing vessels. Even such disasters as that of the Penguin might be avoided by the general installation of wireless telegraphy on; sea and shore, for the direction of invisible stations would be noticeable, and a safe course be open in all weathers to competent captains. In any case, all maritime disasters would be necessarily minimised if help could I be called for the moment it was required, with the confident assurance

that an answer would be instantaneously forthcoming. ; The' possibilities of wireless communication are evidently only in their infancy. It is not- unreasonable to anticipate that wires" and cables will gradually become antiquated as "wireless" trespasses more and more upon their* present domain."' But this is no reason why the Pacific Cable should be . generally idle, \ while the prohibitive rate of Three Shillings Per Word to the United Kingdom prevents its popular and profitable use. ' '