WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13749, 11 September 1908, Page 5

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

GOOD WORK BY*DUNEDIN BOYS. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, Sept. 10. A notable achievement in wireless telegraphy on the part of three boys, aged^ respectively 16, 17, and 17 years, has attracted some public" -attention. The - boys (Rawson Stark, cStanton Dicks, and,CyriJ Brandop) .Jkt>ve for two years been experimenting^? and as a result of patient labour and many failures they have fitted np:3nfee stations — one at Kew (Cavershaao)* another at Anderson's Bay, awr* third at Ravensbourne. This evening messages . from the Mayor' of West to the Mayor of Dunedin wer-e sent and replied to between Anderson's" Bay and Ravensbourne stations, ancb a message was also-floated across /the sea points by the^boys and then sent to the Post-* master-General and Parliament. The sending and receiving of the messages were supervised by Messrs A. J, Talbot and E. Falck (of the Dunedfti Telegraph Department), and botth operators speak in high terms of praSw* of the success achieved by the lads'. The rate at which messages were sfcnt #%s about five or six words a minute. ' ""A number of citizens connected with the Railway Department* shipping interests, and electrical engineering were present, and spoke highly of the work accomplished. Subsequently a message was received from the' Prime Minister conveying to the young investors the sincere appreciation of himself and the members of Parliament for their message.