IMPERIAL WIRELESS CHAIN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18464, 27 January 1922, Page 5

IMPERIAL WIRELESS CHAIN

DEFINITE STEP PORWAED. LINKING UP THE EMPIRE. J .yec.ovja . ail IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright ii| LONDON, January 26. (Received JanL 26, at 8.10 p.m.).,, „ * The Wireless Telegraphy Commission, which was appointed by tie Government to decide the most suitable plant forxthe ,J Imperial wireless chain, having regard l -to co-operation with the existing telegraph ■, services, and also to feta- i: tion sites, reports that the Marconi. Com- ’ pany is in a position to supply a full-'&iza thermionic equipment for the Imperial chain stations, it also reports that Mar-. - conl’s station .in Carnarvon, having 1 Sue- , cceded in communicating with; Australia ' direct at certain hours of the sjjV, a. ’'/J chain station in England with &ojn"tjsea to four times the signalling strength; of the Carnarvon plant could communicate with Australia throughout a longer - diur- ■’ nal period. s ... The recommendations of the commission are as follow: 4j| 1. That thermionic valve stations be , erected in England, Canada. Australia. South Africa, Egypt, and India, and are stations in East Africa, Singapore, and Hongkong. / \ 2. That two wave lengths be allocated - | to each transmitting station. 3. That each country, except Canada, shall have one receiving centre, which - shall be equipped for the reception of messages from several of the chain 'eta* tions simultaneously. The average cost of the overseas stv tions will not exceed £160,000, exclusion ’ of residential quarters for the staffs.—A, and N.Z. Cable. . INTERNATIONAL ROUTES, Brass oy's Naval Annual, in the coucsa \ of au article on the possibilities of comraercinl “lighter-thon-air” airships,' suggests ■ the following routes as the meet suitable for the development of oversea and. long-, '?« distance services: _ \ England to Egypt, calling at Marseilles ' (2350 miles); Egypt to India, calling at Basra, Bombay, said Colombo (3700 miles); India to Australia, calling at Singapore, Perth, Melbourne, and Sydney (5670 miles); Singapore to Japan, colling at Hong Kong Vi and Tokio (3400 miles); Egypt to ; South Africa, calling at Mombassa. Johaimdsbopg, and Capetown (4900 milob); England to * West Africa and South America, calling at , - i Lisbon, Sierra Leone, Rio de Janiero, And ,v Buenos Aires (7100 miles); England to New ;'-j York, calling at Lisbon on the western route (4250 males), and rproasisdins) direct on the eastward route 1 43500 .jJ milaa); New York to San Prwn- P cisoo (2£oo miles); and San Francisco - Australia, calling at Honolulu and Fiji (7500 ratios). ■ ' On the assumption that an average speed. i* of 60 miles per hour would be made, and allowing for a stop of four or six hours - at the intermediate calling stations for re- 1 plenishing oil, petrol, and gas, ih,ci-fql)ow- T v* mg taUe has been prepared, showing -the ; jfl comparative travelling time withvirogsjrti to train and steamships:— Train and Thus : From London Airship Steamer. • Saved ’! to— Says. Says. By Airship, l-l? Cairo „ _ 3 6 4 > Bombay ~ 4J 14-IS Bp-U|> J Singapore , 6j 25 185 * Sydney 1 11 30 19 Hong Kong 8 *24 1G Capetown ... ... 6 18 ■ 'l3Buenos Aires ... 6} 23 16|’ ’Kj New York ... ... 3 6-8 -I M” "J *Tia H.SA. ,'Vi , ■ 4 „ , ' l ‘i6 —The , tea tree n an evergreen: plaaA J ■ :'■?J ' twill