THREE CLEVER BOYS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6622, 11 September 1908, Page 5

THREE CLEVER BOYS

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. MESSAGE FROM ivUNEDIN TO WELLINGTON. PBESS ASSOCIATION. DUNEDIN, September 10. A notable achievement in Wireless tcU'iliaphy cm tile part of three boys, aged respectively sixteen and seventeen years, has attracted public attention. The boys Ramson Stark, Stanton Hicks, and Cyril Brandon—have for two yeans boon experimenting;, and ns a result ot patient labour and many failures they have fitted up three stations— ono ftt Kew (Cavorshnm), another ,«t Anderson's Bay, and a third ht Ihivenshourne.

This evening messages from the Mayor of West Harbour to the Mayor of Duu.pdiu wore sent and replied to between tho Anderson's flay and Kavensbonrne stations, mid a message was also flashed across these points by tho boys, and then sent to tho Postmaster-General and to Parliament.

Tho sending and receiving of tho messages referred to wore supervised by Messrs A. J. Talbot and E. Falck, of tho Dunedin Tolegrnph Deportmont, and both operators speak in high terms of (Uiuai of the success achieved by tho

Tho ralo at Which tho messages wont was about flvo or six worths per minute. A number of citizens connected with tho Hallway .Department, shipping interests, and electrical engineering were present, and spoke highly of tho work accomplished. .Subsequently u meenage wad received from tho Prime Minister, convoying to the young inventors the sincere appreciation of himself and other members of Parliament for thoir message.