The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-07-11
On THE JUMP TO GET
THROUGH EXAMINATION
OPERATOR on CHINA
m HURRIED ASHORE WHAT
ALI, MUST KNOW.

China vas sgnaied yesterday afternoon
The wireless operator on board was 10
wireless touch with the naval station
authorities, and he was anxious that
the vessel should arrive IN port as early
ne possible for II was wireless mat.
ter which required him TO present him.
self at the naval station headquarters
to have session with Chief Boatswain
shepley, U. s. N.
Arrangements had been made by II.
Hackfeld & Co., agents for the Pacific
Mail company, with the quarantine OH.
cials and the customs people, TO permit
the operator TO leave the ship as soon
as the doctors went aboard the liner
at quarantine, and to be taken ashore
in the customs launch. Shortly after
the doctors went aboard tho operator
was transferred to tho launch and he
was landed at the Naval wharf, and
shortly afterward was being examined
as to his fitness to hold the position of
wireless operator.
The operator is an exceptionally good
sender, and his examination, it is un-
derstood, was satisfactory.
The local customs and Others con-
cerned have just received from the de-
partment of commerce and labor, a mo-
tice dated Juno 10, 1911, calling their
attention to the act approved June a.
1870 taking effect on July !, 1911, con-
corning wireless telegraphy on vessels
carrying passengers and carrying fifty
or more persons, and also recurring
operators to pass an examination This
part of the act follows:
Official Information.
Paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article VI
of the service regulations, annexed to
the Berlin international radiotele-
graphic convention, provide:
The service of the ship station must
be carried on by telegraphist holding
certificate issued by the government
to whose authority the ship is subject.
J This certificate testifes to the technical
, proficiency of the telegraphist as re-
! CARDS
(a) The adjustment of apparatus;
(b) Transmission and sound-reading
: at a speed which must not fall short of
twenty words a minute;
' (c) knowledge of the regulations
applicable to the exchange of radio
telegraphic traffic.
> In addition, the certificate testifes
. that the government has bound the
, telegraphist to the obligation of pre-.
. serving the secrecy of correspondence
. The Berlin convention has been rati.
t fed by the following nations, domin.
Q ions, and provinces: Great Britain
!. Canada, Australia, British South AT
e rica, India and New Zealand, Germany
: and all German protectorates, France
Norway, Japan, the Netherlands anC
o Dutch Indies, Russia, Sweden, Austria
e Hungary, Spain, Denmark, Belgium
{ Brazil, Turkey, Portugal, Roumania
T Mexico, Bulgaria, Persia, and Tunis.
Wireless operators holding valid Ger
tificates issued by the Government,
named above will be recognized b,
this department as persons "skilled ii
the use of such apparatus" within tn,
meaning of the act unless in the cas-
OF specific individual there NAV b.
Especial reason to doubt the operator ;
= skill and reliability. Such certificate
should be ready at hand for the in
spection of customs or other officer
Y before the steamer departs from tn
United States
:, To secure certificate an operate
: VIII pass an examination in the adjust
- ment of apparatus, correction Of fault,
change from one wave length to an
N other, transmission and sound readin
Nv at speed OF not less than fifteen word
minIke American Morse, or twelv
D. words Continental, as the operator ma
N elect. Operators are advised to lear
70 rs soon as practicable the Continents
y system, recognized by the Berlin cor
al vention and employed by the Unite
States Navy.
I'd The examinations will be held at tn
W United States navy yards at Bostor
s. Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Washington
ID Norfolk, Charleston, New Orleans, Mar
ID Island, Puget Sound, at the naval sta
ttiOns at Key West, San Juan, and He
Rl nolulu, and also at the bureau of stant
B. ards, Washington. Applicants for eel
~ tificates should communicate in writin
with the commandments of the nav
a. yards or stations named, or with tn
director of the bureau of standard
to ascertain the day and hour whe
: they can be examined. The certificate
{ will be delivered at the places named
After an applicant has secured
certificate he should go before notar
public to take the usual oath for til
If preservation of secrecy of messages II
il ceived in the line of duty.
se These examinations for the presen
r will be open to-
J. Operators actually employed as sue
= by q wireless or steamship company
r including shore operators;
q Operators seeking employment a
q such by wireless or steamship compa
= ny, including shore operators; and suel
= applicants shall present letters from
! the company with which they seek EN-
= ployment;
Applications for examination of oper
ators of either class may be made b.
. the wireless or steamship company il
!, behalf of number of operators b,
Il name.
9 Additional provision will be mad
!. later for the examination Of operator
/ by wireless ship inspectors at the New
Q York and San Francisco customhousel
t and at other eustomhouses hereafter Il
8 be designated.
= A wireless ship operator not posses
e sing a certificate Of skill as provided
6 herein may present for the considers