MODERN WIRELESS.
MELBOURNE EXHIBITION. LONDON LORD MAYOR OPENS. British Wireless. RUGBY, July IS. By tapping a key in the Mansion House at 6.27 a.m. to-day the' Lord Mayor of London, Sir William Waterlow, opened a radio exhibition at Melbourne. Direct communication had been obtained between the Mansion House and an operator in tlio Melbourne City -Hall and at a given signal the Lord Mayor tapped the key. Thereupon in the exhibition 11.000 miles away a sign in lights was displayed announcing that the show was open. Within a quarter of an hour a cablegram was handed to Sir William from Melbourne announcing "the complete success of the demonstration. Later in the day additional lights were switched on at the Melbourne Show by the Mayors of Montreal and Wellington and also from Fiji. AUSTRALIA AND ITALY. NEW TELEPHONE SERVICE. SYDNEY, July 19. A wireless telephone service between Australia and Italy will be opened to the public on Monday. The Consul-Goneral for Italy, Signor A. Grossardi, to-day spoke for more than an hour with members of the Italian Government:
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20621, 21 July 1930, Page 9
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