WIRELESS RESERVES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19150, 16 October 1925, Page 14

WIRELESS RESERVES.

VALUE IN WAR TIME. AN AUSTRALIAN SUGGESTION. [from our own correspondent. ] SYDNEY, Oct, 8. With tho display of so much interest in wireless by so many amateurs, and with the knowledge which they have thus gained, it had often been remarked that, in tho event of war, Australia would have at her disposal immediately a trained body of wireless men ready to serve her. But among those competent to express an opinion it is considered -questionable whether, in such an emergency, the Australian wireless experimental movement would in its present state be of any use to the defence forces. In many quarters in Sydney, where the future of the amateur movement is being given serious consideration, tho solution of the position, it is felt, lies in the formation of Australian Wireless Naval and Military Reserves. Tho advantages of such reserves, it is considered, would be many, tho chief one, of course, being that the existing defence organisation could be used for the organising and marshalling of the most proficient of amateurs so as to bo ready for instant service. The cost, would be trifling, and the benefits probably almost immeasurable if we were faced with war. It is more than probable that tho matter will be brought before the defence authorities in some concrete form before long.