THE VALUE OF WIRELESS.
A CASE OF SICKNESS. MAN’S BROTHER LOCATED. Another instance bf the increasing possibilities of wireless is provided t>ja recent New Zealand case'. A letter was received by the Radio Broadcasting Company from a Queensland town, asking if an S.O.S. message could be broadcasted to “A. 8.,” a boatswain on board a ship trading between New Zealand and the East. Communication was wanted because the boatswain’s brother in Queensland was seriously ill. Every likely port, had boon written 10. but with no success, hut. this was not diliicnlt to understand, as “A. 8.” wrote to his people only once in every ten years. As however, he sometimes sent a New Zealand paper, it was considered ho must, be somewhere near the Dominion.' As requested, a message was broadcasted from the company’s Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin stations. The Auckland station was successful in locating- the person-. Ho has been-informed of the contents of the letter and has promised to communicate with his relatives at once.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16969, 26 February 1926, Page 2
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168THE VALUE OF WIRELESS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16969, 26 February 1926, Page 2
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