THREE KINGS WARNING.
■ ' : , ■ Mli RADIO INSTEAD OF LKjHT, % LARGE' SAVING IN COST. f! DECISION NEARLY REACHED. 181 telegraph.— REPORTER.] p| ' WELLINGTON; • Suudty. - It is practically certain that the Govern. ment will install ; on the Three Kings for :iE || the service of ships a radio-direction plant |§ instead of constructing a lighthouse. Th« ,V;p preliminary reports support the ; innova- £ tion, and evidence as to the efficiency of tl|f| wireless guidance to navigation about the % coasts of the Old World is Impressive. It may be added that the enormous difl'lSS ference in initial cost is a factor (or vesf|®| serious consideration. If all other :fea^ii|| tares are equal a lighthouse would'- neceg- § sitate the capital expenditure of £70,000, ; 1 whereas the installation of an adequate radio plant would cost only £10,000. Finality on the question has not yet f&B been reached, but the prospect i? that tK|f|f|l Administration will adopt the mogt modern' system of directing ships ap. Mm proaching the Three Kings. —• Mil
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18322, 12 February 1923, Page 6
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