IMPERIAL WIRELESS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19474, 2 November 1926, Page 9

IMPERIAL WIRELESS.

BROADCASTING SCHEME, SUGGESTED USE OF FUND. Stra. LONDON, Oct. 31. Sir Arthur Stanley and Professor Low have issued a circular letter to members of the House of Commons suggesting that the British Broadcasting Company's accumulated fund of £900.000 should be spent o-i the development of Imperial broadcasting. Professor Low, in an interview, said: "We do not suggest the constitution of an Imperial Parliament with members for the Dominions taking part in the debates by means of loud speakers—though that may come—but we urge an immediate investigation of means to enable the Prime Ministers of the Dominions to speak direct to London, and generally the linking up of overseas activities, so that users of crystal sets could hear the wheels of Empire revolving." RECORD ON A VOYAGE. SYDNEY NEVER OUT OF TOUCH. A, and N.Z. LONDON. Oct. 31. The steamer Jervis Bay established a wireless record by nightly keeping in touch with Australia throughout her voyage to England. When she reached Plymouth she sent a wireless message to Sydney, where it was received within onesixteenth of a second, Inside 20 minutes a reply came back. Features of the transmission en route were the low power used —only a quarter of a kilowatt, as against 1000 kilowatts used by the Rugby station —and that the signals grew stronger and more constant after the vessel had passed Malta, and were practically entirely free frcm atmospherics.