TELEPHONE ROUND WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, 16 August 1929, Page 11

TELEPHONE ROUND WORLD

BRITAIN TO AUSTRALIA RADIO MOTHER COMFORTS INJURED SON. INTERESTING TRIAL SUCCEEDS. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Sydney, Aug. H>. Jack Sigrist, an 18-year-old apprentice on a Uunard liner, fell down the hold of the Valancia a month ago, since winch time he has been lying at death’s door in the Prince Albert Hospital, Sydney, making pathetic appeals for nm mother, who resides at Gosport, England.

Yesterday tho mother was able to speak direct with a hospital »««>»„# sister here concerning her son’s condition, as the result of the intervention of the Daily Express, London, which had induced the radio section of the British Post Office to place its entire radio resources at the disposal of Mrs. Sigrist, who conducted a trunk call conversation of ten minutes, when she learned that her son had had a <rood day. The conversation was quite audible and created a profound impression at the hospital. During the evening special arrangements were made to enable Jack to talk direct with his mother, 12,000 miles away. Wires were taken right into the ward, and the boy greeted his mother most affectionately. She said a few comforting words to him, which the doctors think will greatly assist his recovery. Post Office experts at London emphasise that, while interesting, the experiment must not be regarded as having any scientilico significance. Such isolated successes, they say, are frequently inconclusive.