WIRELESS, TELEGRAPHY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13358, 24 December 1906, Page 4

WIRELESS, TELEGRAPHY.

PKOPOSALS TO KEW ZEALAND' government.

Per Press Association. Wellington, December 24. The Marconi 'Wireless; Telegraph! Conip'any has, through its Australian: representative (Captain Waiter) made proposals to the Government for th» establishment of wireless telegraph statacn* l'ound the New Zealand coast. It is understood- the company is willing- to" erect and eqluip the proposed stations at its own expense, awl Avork thorn- for ten • years, provided the Government pays it an annual subsidy to- cover .working expenses and maintenance^ company would ti-ain engineers and oPe r " ators out h«re. • -' TEe proposed system would be for commercial use as-^between ships- and the shore, ' and there would probably bo connections between the mainland and the Chatham,. Auckland. Kerinadecs. and other islands, and the various lighthouses.