WIRELESS STATION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12410, 21 March 1911, Page 6

WIRELESS STATION.

Mr J. (TrohiHton, Chief Engineer of Telegraphs, has been searching for a site lor a high-power wireless . station near Auckland. . "We liave'tound sonaa flue nite&," ho said to a covrespoudent, ''which Mould have answered admirably if the laini had been level enough. * The country, however, is not flat enough. r rhere is no plateau laiid and none of the places we have looked at will do fur the class of station -wo are about to erect.'* In further explanation Mr Orchiston said that a site . was % necessary wljere tht> wires Mould spread like • f^e rjbs Qf a huge umbrella with a radius of 1000 feet, so that sufficient surface qonta«l could be had for the del»oate ejectriu vibrations all around. Thei^ munt ho no obstacles in' the nature qf high Jand close at hand between the -station and Sydney on the one h ; and, ,and ' Fiji on the other, these conditions being specified m the contracts, "After -five day*' continuous travelling m "i Wotor oars, traps and tr-ains," said Mr Orohiston, "wte have not been able to dUcqver any place around Auckland which will meet the requirements. The rriore -"'-likely places we have hit upon are not suitable for th.c establishment 6f ; the plant it is necessary to put down. We nee now abandoning the quest as far a? Auckland is concerned, and are going straight on to Doubtless Bay. We want a plateau of aiiout, 90, acres m extent, or an area of level l«nd on jthe sea level will do a& loivj as there are riii obstructing, hills, and I am now convinced that only at Doubtless Bay oan we get the requisite site. The contractors have. 18 months to. carry out the work, and once the si^e is. flxed upon it shpuld no^ be io\\g tjefnre th« Governnient will »tart ereqting the nee essary buildings, We are to have on high-power station m the North Island, .and one m the South at Blufl\ As soon as we have settled . upon the site for the north m-jv station we will go to tlie Bluff to fix' a- site there, but we do not anticipate ,any trouble m getting a place m the South."