WONDERS OF WIRELESS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 18, 6 September 1911, Page 8

WONDERS OF WIRELESS.

“Many of you,” said Sir Joseph Ward at the letter-carriers’ social on Saturday night, “have not had an experience that I have had. I went to bed at eight o’clock one night at sea, 500 or 700 miles away from Now Zealand, and at 11 o’clock was awakened by a steward handing me a telegram which contained an invitation to a social gathering all those miles away. You commence to realise,” (ho Prime Minister added, “when this sort of thing, occurs, that there is nothing of the ‘experimental stage’ about wireless telegraphy nowadays.” Ho went on to say that during his voyage out to Now Zealand the ship was always in communication with some place or some other ship. Every day 'they had nows of the doings of the world. The accuracy of tiffs nows, was quite extraordinary. Only on one occasion had lie had reason to have one doubtful word repeated. Sir fnseph Ward also alluded to the convenience it was to merchants arranging sales and having to meet urgent orders for season’s goods to know some days in advance at. what exact lime they could expect to obtain their c onsigumonts.