IMPORTANCE OF SERVICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19608, 9 April 1927, Page 11

IMPORTANCE OF SERVICE.

NEW LINK OF EMPIRE.

SPACE NOW ANNIHILATED. VALUE TO BRITISH PEOPLES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received April 8, 6.25 p.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON. April 8. The morning papers to-day devote much space to the beam wireless tests yesterday. They contain numerous special messages and photographs of the operating room at the General Post Office at the time of the transmission. The Daily Telegraph says it was said when ordinary telegraphy was begun that distance had been annihilated. What then was a figure of speech is a statement of fact to-day, when there is practically instantaneous communication both ways between the heart of the Empire and her most distant sister State. In drawing together the peoples of the Empire at least as much can be effected by making press messages cheaper as by any other agency. But in all ways the new service must open a new chapter in Imperial relations. The Morning Post says those people who were cynical about the British Empire, as being an organism too widespread and cumbrous to continue, must now revise their opinions in the light of the beam wireless achievements. The Daily News says that not all scientific triumphs can be hailed by humanity with unqualified rejoicing, but that the almost miraculous improvement in communications is a feat as beneficent as it is wonderful.