CHEAPER TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15482, 13 December 1913, Page 7

CHEAPER TELEGRAMS.

FORTY WORDS A SHILLING, By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Melbourne, December 12. A pboposal to allow messages of 40 words for a shilling to be telegraphed after cix o'clock in the evening, and delivered by post next morning, has been passed by the House of Representatives. SMALL WIRELESS STATIONS. The Federal Postmaster-General (Mr. Agar Wynne) referred last week to the scheme which Mr. Balsillie, the wireless expert, is working out, in conjunction with the chief electrical engineer, for tho erection of small wireless stations in the remote portions of the country districts throughout the Commonwealth, covering a distance of 50 to 100 miles. These stations, Mr. Wynne stated, can be erected without necessity of any expensive power plant, and the process of sending and receiving messages can be learnt by any telegraphist who understands the Morse code in a few days. "By these means," said Mr. Wynne, " the back country can be served at a cost far less than the ordinary telegraphic service. The latter costs m construction about £25 a mile, which, - for 100 miles, would work out at about £2500. On the other hand, we can install wireless communication over 100 miles at a cost of no more than £200, which works < out ad £2 per mile." . - '■