A monument is to be raised at Doullens. on the Sommc, m comniemmoration of me institution of supremo command fop the Allied armies, which was decided upon there m April, 1018. * It is announced that a new discovery of the highest importance to the future of telegraphy and telephony has been made by Major-General George O. Squier, chief signal officer, U.S. Army. It is not claimed that the discovery, has been developed to a complete invention, but only that the possibility has been demonstrated of using bare wires laid m the sea for the transmission of messages by a new application of what is known as "wired wireless," by wliich a wireless current may b© sent between two or more points with a wire as guide. The advantages of wired tireless consist m its multiple possibilities and its secrecy. It is reported that experiments have been successfully conducted with ordinary copper wires on the Potomac river, messages being sent, not through but along the wire as a guide. You cani pop the question anywhere you like, but buy your rin<? at Gordon's, Art Jeweller (opp. Bank N.Z.)*
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15321, 17 September 1920, Page 3
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