WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12260, 10 June 1914, Page 7

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

(l'liii I'jiebb "Association.) Wellington, June 9. It was announced during, last session of Parliament that new regulations fbr the installation of wireless ■ telegraphy on. ships would; ■come into force this year. These regulations • have now been drafted and approved, arid will come into operation, on July ; .l. . The most Important provision states that ships registered in New Zealand carrying under their survey certificates 50 passengers'on-the coast ; arid 100 oversea •must: befitted with-:wireless telegraphy/ /The. following is?a complete draft .of .the new regulations:— 1. Every steaniship registered'in New Zealand, ° and ' carrying - passengers, which is . engaged in the ..lereign or internatiomiTti'ade. which is i authorised by her ordinary survey certificate to carry not. less than 100 passengers -at sea, and every homo trade steamship so authorised to carry hot.less than 50 . passengers at sea; shall not jf.ave or attempt to leave any nort in New Zealand unless-such steamsfiip is equipped with an efficient apparatus .for radio communications.,in' good working order, to be operated; by a person skilled in the iiso of such apparatus, which apparatus shall be callable of transmitting messages and'.receiving messages over a distance, of at least 100 miles at any •,ime of the day. '. • 2. Ships required by these .regulations to carry tlic apparatus prescribed above shall be placed in the third class as' defined by -article XIII of the detailed- service regulations appended to the International Radio Telegraph Convention, 1912—that is, they are not bound to perform any regular listening service. . 3. The Minister of Marine may appoint insoectors for the purposes of these regulations., and such- inspectors and superintendents of mercantile marine may' visit any steamship required by these regulations - to_ be equipped with apparatus for radio communication before they leave port, and ascertain if they are such apparatus, the operation of which: shall lie carried out by a telegraphist holding a certificate aj prescribed .by • article X of the detailed service regulations attached to-,t,he International Radio Telegraphic Convention.