TOPICS OF THE DAY.
VQtLS OF THE NI.GHT. <■ Tho way tho various European cities send thoii wireless i.ews at night is interesting. About 10 p.m., Malta sends his traffic to Whitehall. When ho is finished nor- a second before, worddeich, tho high-power German station, with his squeaky note, furnishes information about the" latest hymn of hate. When ho {...ishes. Poldhu, the birr English station in Cornwall, transmits to all British shi',.- whor. owners subscribe to thoir ocean service, and at 11.50 p.m. ho stops to allow Eiffel Tower to send his time signals and news, which takes about thirtv minutes, then Poldhu finishes. Each show works in its national language-, and there is never any clashing. One copies the other's stuff. Never is a remark wade from ono to another, and it is curious to think or t.'iose men seated in their cabins, and their countries at war with each other, wnitinor and listening for their enemy to mdi.itP his nvrrnotic field with thf tr-11-tnlo dots and .lushes—or as much of them as the censor thinks is good th e other follow to listen to.— " Globe " in the " Bulletin."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11684, 28 April 1916, Page 4
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