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SPANNED BY WIRELESS TALK WITH COMMANDER BYRD. Received April 15. 10 p.m. LONDON April 15. The Copenhagen correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says: “For the first time* conversation has been exchange! between the North and South Poles. Hansen a Danish telegraph operator with the Grcensland expedition, got into touch by wireless with Commander Byrd, using a 22-volt accumulator, though 12,000 miles apart.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 90, 16 April 1929, Page 7
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65POLE TO POLE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 90, 16 April 1929, Page 7
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