WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2924, 30 March 1910, Page 43 (Supplement)

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

LONDON, January 21. Air E. Alfred Mayne, district manager, North American Wireless Co.npany, of Chicago, and formerly of Wama.iui, N.Z., sends an important letter on ilie subject of wireless telegraphy which is exciting so much attention at the present lime tor a number of years Mr Mayne served in the telegraph service of the Dom.nijn. During the last nine years he has b en identified with wire'eas telegraph interests in Europe and the States, and has now

placed a proposition for an installation before the New Zealand authorities. Mr Mayne says:—"There is not the slightesi doubt that wireless telegraphy wLI prove of t ir highest value to mercantile and shipping interests in the Dominion, and will prove vei.< useful to steamships engaged in the intercoi < ial trade. Wireless has to-day reached Su a point of excellence and has pro.ed so >■ oful to shipping interests that it is only a n .itier of a very short time before the Governments of every country will make it compulsory for all passenger steamships to be equipped with wireless installations as a

I means of safety to the travelling public. 1 If the vessels crossing from Wellington and Auckland to Sydney and Me.bourns were equipped with' wireless apparatus they would be constantly in touch with land during the whole course of their voyage. Passongers would thereby be in a pocit.on to receive and transmit various items of ; intelligence during the whole trip. " The advantage and utility of this con- | venienee requires no elaboration on my I part. Furthermore, the captains of the ■ steamers would be able to receive instrucI tions from their owners and agents at all I periods of : the voyage. They would akc

be able to communicate with captains of other steamships on the high seas and exchange news as to ihe state of the weather in localities hundreds of miles away, etc. " Wireless has now totally pass d the experimental stage. Wireless apparatus is now turned 'out by a number of companies in such a high state of excellence that a distance of 1000 miles can be absolutely guaranteed to be covered at all times of the day and night with an expenditure o" energy not exceeding 10 horse-power, but in many cases an expenditure of three horse-power will cover the same distance.

I It is usual to install an apparatus of about • three horse-power on board steamships, I which apparatus can be relied upon to i send messages for 250 miles at all times. " The cos;t of the apparatus which I am | able to offer the Dominion Government ; wou!d be in the neighbourhood of £2OQ, | and the apparatus would be made in Chicago under my own personal superI vision. There is, of course, not the ■ slightest necessity for the Government to close any negotiations with any of the big [ wireless companies for their apparatus and : to pay sums of several thousand pound 6 1 for an exactly similar operating apparatus."

IMPROVING THE KAIKORAI TRAMWAY COMPANY'S LINE

The Champion Singles players of each club who competed for the honour of th* title of champios of champions at the Dunedin Club's green on March 19. Standing (horn left): Messrs D. Walters, jun, Green Island; W. A. Turnbull Taieri • J S Caledonian; C. E. Smith, Otago; J. M'Curdy. St. Kilda; F. Smith (this year's cK pion of champions), Kaituna; E. Watkins, N.E. Valley; W. Clyde Wakar SittZ (middle row); Messrs M'Grath, Fairfield; T. Robertson, CavershaW C. J Payne (el Champion), Mormngton; J. H.Hancock (runner-up). St. Clair; W. S. Yout Dunedin hl^^^BcSrlJgZ 1 *""" ' J WylHe ' P-t' Chalmers ;^-A D^n;. —Morris, photo..

The Duke of Argyll paid a notable tribute to Mr Richard John Seddon, the former trime ■Minister of New Zealand, when he unveiled a memorial to him in St. Pauls' Cathedral on February 10. The memorial is a marble bust by Sir George Frampton, E.A., and a bronze tablet bears the following inscription:—"To the memory of Richard John Seddon, Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1893-1906, Imperial statesman and reformer. Born June 22, 1845, at St. Helen's, Lanchashire; died at sea, June 10th, 1906. Buried at Observatory Hill, Wellington, New Zealand." "He did much, said the Duke of Aroyll, " to cause New Zealand to be seen as a gracious hostess, welcoming the wearied and sorrow-laden, and giving to all hope, confidence, and strength. Having done all man could, he died while the vision he had created shone forth, benignant and majestic, in Australasia." —Photo by Halftones.

PRIZE-WINNERS AT THE RECENT IRISH ATHLETIC SOCIETY'S SPORTS AT INVERCARGILL

Standin" • Hawkins (scorer), Watson (President M.A.A.C), Or. Greer, P. Eyre, W. Bartlett, P. Wells, A. Trevena, S. Greer (selector), O.°H. Cleland (secretary). Sitting: Mason, Cobb, J. Ongley, W. M'Lean (capt), G. Holland, Goldspring, C. H. Warden, H. —E. Denton,' photo. Palmer. In front: Mitchell, J. O'Connor.

The iniquities of the housefly as a transplanter of disease germs, etc., have been mn:h commented upon lately. It is with its wonderful foot chiefly that the fly conveys bacteria from place to plaoe. If nature Lad express!y produced the house-fly with a view to its entire efficiency as a disseminator of evil among m ankind, ber claims to have achieved a success would be irrefutable. The fly has six feet, and each foot has two pads of such fineness as has hitherto defiad the prying of microscopical experts eager to determine how this insect can walk upside flown on a tilted mirror as easily as it can on a bald head That the pads are well adapted toT tha blushing up and carrying of bacteria, and that in this way a vast deal of mischief is wrought, seems however, to be beyond dispute. Medical experts are therefore urging a crusade of extermination against the tribe of house-flies