Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-30
WIRELESS EXTENSIONS
IN OTHER LANDS

Arrangements have been completed
for constructing a large transOceaniC
station in Carnarvonshire, Wales, I'M
der MarcOni company proposals. Its
transmitting station will be within
five minutes OF Carnarvon, occupying
thirty-siX acres. and a local power
company will supply electricity for
$4,000 a year. The receiving station
will be thirteen miles away. A max
imum. elevation of $500 feet will be at
tanned at each station, and direct
communication will be made with New
York
Declining the offer Of the MarCOni
and Australian wireless companies,
the Australian government has de-
cided to go on with the scheme of it's
wireless expert, C. Balsillie, under
which a high-power station will be
built at Darwin and nine others are
to be erected around Australia, for
less than 100000. Communication
with London will then be provided
through Singapore, Colombo, Alden
and Cyprus.
The government of Colombia has
under consideration proposals from
the Marconi and Telefunken compa-
MES for the installation of wireless
telegraph stations at Bogota, Medel-
lin and Cartagena.
With the completion of a new wire
less station at TOrreon, wireless COM
munication will be possible between
Torreon and Chapultepec Park sta
tion, Mexico City.
Thnro IN hn A.,
anticipate that the whole of the far
east will shortly be linked up by
wireless. More attention is paid to
this important subject than ever be-
fore, and if proposals which are now
under consideration bear practical
fruit the day is not far distant when
the far east will be in touch with
America on the one side and Europe
on the other.
At the present time there are serv-
ices operated by the government of
the Philippines, Japan, Netherlands,
India, Russia, Germany and China
There is also small British station
at Cape d'Aguilar, Hongkong, but this
lis used exclusively by the admiralty.
In the near future. however, stations
are to be established at Singapore
and Hongkong.
The Japanese government has sta
tons at Osi Saka, Gotta Island; Ia
lienwan, Port Arthur; Keeling, For
mosa; Nagasaki, Sasebo, Ghost Shi-
monoseki, TsunOshima and Otchishi
Some of these stations take naval
messages only.
The Netherlands India government
has stations at Sabang, Sitoebondo
Balik Papan and Timor Loepang,
while a fifth is in course of erection
atsAmboina. The first named has n
range of 1000 miles, and is thus with
in reach of Colombo and Singapore.
Russia has two stations at Vladi-
vostok, and the Duma is to be asked
to provide $4,000 for building radio
telegraph stations along the Kara
and White Seas to secure telegraphic
communications between northern
and western Siberia with western En-
rope via the Arctic ocean.
Germany has stations at Tsingtau
and at Angular and zap in the Caro-
line Islands.
China has a commercial station at
Shanghai and small government sta
tons at Picking, Tientsin, Paotingfu,
Hollow, Chuwen, Canton and KoW-
loon. 1t is stated that it is proposed
to link up Picking and Lhassa with
repeating stations at Tachienlu and
Batagg. A coastwise system of
twelve stations from Efainan to the
Gulf of Pechihli has also been men
toned.