A TALK WITH ENGLAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 June 1926, Page 11

A TALK WITH ENGLAND.

. ANOTHER WIRELESS FEAT. Dunedin, June 7. At 5 o’clock last evening Miss Bell got into communication with England by wireless, and for two hours she conversed over the air. She had a long talk with her brother, Mr. F. D. Beil, but. she disparaged any suggestion of it being a feat. Miss Bell had spoken to G2OD, England, the previous week, and had arranged that her brother, who has made wireless history for New Zealand, should speak to her last night. For half an hour Miss Bell's endeavours to “meet” were unsuccessful, and she was annoyed that she could not keep the engagement. By a stroke of fortune she tuned in later and was communicating with Sydney when she “met” the Englishman with whom Mr. Bell had communicated 18 months ago. He was speaking to Tasmania, and he told Miss Bell | that her brother was waiting at station G2NM, in Surrey, where he was spending t the week-end with the vice-president of the International Radio League. Using Morse, Miss Bell was delighted at her successful efforts to chat with her brother, who gave the latest news of friends. Although two-way communication with England has been maintained before, the conversation of two hours is unprece-' dented, The previous record was for one hour and a-half. Mr. Bell's name has been associated with wireless experiments in New Zealand, and his part in the latest success is very interesting. The conditions w'ere perfect for the conversation, talk was uninterrupted.