THE TELEPHONE TRIUMPH

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16941, 16 January 1923, Page 5

THE TELEPHONE TRIUMPH

AMERICANS HEARD IN ENGLAND. Bt Telegraph—Prose Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. NEW YORK. January 15. Officials of the American Telegraph and Telephone Company to-night sent messages, and made speeches by wireless telephone, to Southgate. England, where Signor Marconi and others listened and cabled back that the words, with few exceptions, were distinctly heard. Thousands of words were transmitted perfectly. The listeners cabled that they recognised the accent of the speakers as American, and when Britishers spoke, they immediately detected the difference. The conversations continued for more than two hours. Signor Marconi sent a congratulatory cable to the company, and stated that he had been experimenting with wireless telephony in his hop-along days, aarf-since 1915 had spent more than 1.000.000 dollars in perfecting the necessary inventions. Experiments in wireless telephony have been made for some lime past, but this is the first occasion upon which conversations have taken place over long distances. Signor Marconi, the herp of wireless telegraphy and wireless telephony, was born at Bologne in 1-574, his mother being an Irish woman. He carried out his first experiments in connection with wireless telegraphy in his native town. This system was first tested in England between Penarth and Weston, and proved successful. Tt was then tested by the Italian Ministry of Marine at Spazia. In 1899 he established wireless communication between France and England across the English Channel. The system is now used by the shipping throughout the world, and has been the means of saving thousands of lives and numerous vessels. A wider telegraph service for public use was established between England and America in 1907.