WIRELESS MESSAGES.
AUCKLAND, May 3. On the voyage, of the Hororata from England the radip, “ 5.0.5.,” brought the officers from their berths several times, but it was only static, and the vessel did not have to change her course to assist some ship in distress.’ Since her last visit to New Zealand the Hororata has been fitted with a radio automatic alarm, one of the first vessels in which this recent invention has been installed. It is now possible to leave the wireless room without a watchman. Should a “ 5.0.5.” call come through while the room is empty the automatic immediately sounds'two alarms—one on the bridge and one in the Marconi room. However, the patent has not yet been perfected, and static and lightning are apti to interfere with it, as they did on numerous occasions on the voyage. ' ’
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Otago Witness, Issue 3869, 8 May 1928, Page 13
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