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Daily Post Hobart 1911-1913 Richard Rogers, VK7RO 1998-2002
11/9/11 p4 Cables and Wireless - aus-NZ cable Wellington and Bluff
wireless stations
26/9/11 p4 Wireless for SS Westralia - The SS Westralia which left
Hobart yesterday for Sydney, will lie up at that port, where she
is to be fitted with a wireless installation before returning.
The work will be carried out by the Australasian Wireless Company,
which has installed the system on a large number of vessels flying
the Huddart, Parker flag. This will almost complete the
installation of wireless on the steamers of this line, and as the
Union Steamship Company is having its vessels fitted one by one,
while practically all the main boats that call here are fitted
with wireless, the need of a station at Hobart becomes more
apparent day by day.
6/10/11 p3 Wireless Telegraphy - In the course of a few months there
will not be a steamer of any size in Australian waters that is not
equipped with wireless telegraphy, . . . [Hobart needs station]
9/10/11 p4 Useful Proposal for Wireless - wireless operator on USS
mail liner Marama suggests "time sharing" with Navy to avoid
interference
11/10/11 p4 Wireless Telegraphy - question in parliament re
Tasmanian station
13/10/11 p4 Wireless and a Hobart Station
14/10/11 p3 The Mawson Expedition
20/10/11 Tasmanian Wireless Station Devonport station offered to
PMG - PMG no due to insufficient range
21/10/11 Telephone pair to NW coast
23/10/11 Edison Bioscope at Victoria Hall
Dr Mawsons Expedition - After several months of
negotiation Dr Mawson has succeeded in securing a complete system
of wireless for his expedition to the Antarctic. The
Australasian Wireless Company has agreed to provide two stations -
one at the expedition main base in Adele (sic) Land and the other
at Macquarie Island. Messages from the Antarctic will be
transmitted to Macquarie Island, and repeated from there to a
station to be erected in Tasmania, probably on the south coast.
Wireless Stations World 1400?
p6 Wireless Stations - Australias Total 28 - Melb Fri
The Federal Government has spent two years in partly establishing
two wireless stations, twenty-six private stations have been
erected, and equipped in the Commonwealth according to a return
presented in the Senate. Two stations have been established in
Victoria, 22 in New South Wales and on in King Island and one in
South Australia.
2/11/11 p6 Wireless in Antarctica - decided to establish wireless
stations in Antarctica and Macquarie Island
7/11/11 p4 The Antarctic Expedition
9/11/11 p5 Dr Mawsons Expedition - scientific stuff
Prospectus - Hydro Electric Power and Metallurgical Co
10/11/11 p2 Dr Mawsons Expedition - Arrangements for Wireless
Stations - Macquarie & Cape Adare 1 3/8 KW 1200mi by day 2-
3000mi by night T.Sawyer to Macquarie W.Hannam to Cape Adare
cost 4000 pounds awaiting Hobart station
p7 Macquarie Island - interview with Hatch
11/11/11 p8 DME
13/11/11 p2 DME
15/11/11 p4 Federal Wireless Station - Balsillie going to Sydney
to take over
p6 DME
17/11/11 p4 Antarctic Exploration Value of Wireless
18/11/11 p5 News by "Wireless" - interview with H.V.Thompson,
wireless operator on USS Moeraki (in Hobart)
p11 DME
21/11/11 p6 Antarctic Expedition - Dr M's preparations
Question of Wireless - The Tasmanian Station
Dr Douglas Mawson, leader of the Antarctic Expedition, interviewed
the PostMaster-General this afternoon regarding his own project to
maintain communication with Australia by a series of wireless
stations, one on the Antarctic continent, and one on Macquarie
Island, to connect with one in the southern part of Tasmania.
Mr Frazer, in reply, said he has not been able to definitely
promise when the Southern Tasmanian station should be erected, but
informed Dr Mawson that when a start was made with the
Commonwealth Governments wireless scheme, the Tasmanian station
would be one of the first to receive attention. The greatest
possible expedition would be used.
22/11/11 p4 Wireless Stations for Tasmania
24/11/11 p4 Wireless Telegraphy wireless station for Hobart
necessary
27/11/11 p2 DME service at cathedral
28/11/11 p7 Southward Bound Dr Mawsons Lecture
29/11/11 p4 Wireless Telegraphy Marine Board re necessity
2/12/11 p11 To the Antarctic Toroa departs today
4/12/11 p3 (Monday) Goodbye Aurora departed 4pm Saturday
6/12/11 Wireless Pacofic record Japan - California
9/12/11 p8 Wireless Telegraphy Commonwealth statement not pay?
Marconi & Telefunken Melbourne then Hobart
11/12/11 p5 Marconi v Telefunken
22/11/11 p5 Wireless Stations - Apparatus ordered expert leaves
for Hobart more officers wanted
29/11/11 p3 Wireless Telegraphy - Marine Board - letter from Federal
Parliament?
30/11/11 p5 Wireless Telegraphy - Marconi Las Palmas open - Marconi
v Telefunken
p7 Dr Mawsons Expedition - re lecture
4/12/11 p4 Goodbye Aurora
6/12/11 p3 Wireless Pacific Record - San Francisco to Japan
7/12/11 p3 Mawsons Expedition - Toroa sails today
8/12/11 p3 Mawsons Expedition - Departure of Toroa
9/12/11 p3 Mawsons Expedition
p8 Wireless Telegraphy - Australian stations - Melbourne
first, then Hobart - Balsillie
11/12/11 p5 Wireless MvT
Dec19-31 not on film
4/1/12 p3 Wireless Station at Hobart - no objection to Queen's Domain
16/1/12 p5 The Wireless Chain - Hobart Station Next Month -
Melbourne, Monday. As soon as the Melbourne station is completed
about the end of this month, the experts will go to Hobart and erect
a station there. . . . 300 mi by day, 1000 mi by night
17/1/12 p5 Wireless Legislation - Writ by Marconi Co against Huddart
Parker and A W Co
22/1/12 p3? Wireless - The Melbourne Station - On verge of completion
Melb Sun Good progress . . .
29/1/12 p3 A Wireless Record ship near Melbourne to Persian Gulf
30/1/12 p3 Wireless Telegraphy - mr Laird Smith MHR has been informed
by the Minister for Home Affairs that he has authorised the erection
of a mast for the wireless telegraphy station at Hobart
1/2/12 p4? Dr Mawsons Expedition - Macquarie Island heard
7/2/12 p3 Amundsen Expedition due soon
8/2/12 p3 New Wireless Service - Opens in Melbourne on Monday
Melbourne, Wednesday. The new wireless system which will first
operate from Melbourne is to be opened on Monday to the public.
Messages for ships at sea will first have to be sent to Melbourne.
The charge fixed is tenpence per word of which the post office will
take sixpence and the ship communicated with fourpence.
9/2/12 p3 Hobart and Wireless Telegraphy - PMG announces Melbourne
open & gear on way to Hobart
10/12/12 p3 Commonwealth Wireless - The Official Opening
The Governor General's message to Admiral King-Hall on HMS Drake
in/near Hobart was not received until 8pm
12/2/12 p4? Melbourne Wireless Station HMS Drake & King Island
15/2/12 p3 Wireless and Lightning re Hotel Australia station
17/2/12 p? Macquarie Island Wireless message received
21/2/12 p3 Wireless and the Mawson Expedition MQ Is heard in Sydney
22/2/12 p3 Macquarie Island Wireless constant communications
27/2/12 p3 Wireless Station in Bush experimenter at Noradjulia
8/3/12 p5 Polar Success Amundsen and Scott
9/3/12 p7 Wireless Telegraphy - Linking the Empire - Marconi Tender
Accepted . . .
11/3/12 conquest of South Pole
13/3/12 p5 South Polar Research return of Aurora
14/3/12 p3 Weather Reports from Macquarie Island
Imperial Wireless Chain
p6 Hobart Wireless Station to be ready in a fortnight details
of plant lengthy report electricity form local supply
15/3/12 With the Aurora
16/3/12 p3 Wireless Telegraphy Record Hotel Australia worked M Is
Macquarie Island to Suva 2348 mi 2KW
19/3/12 p3 The Wireless Station mast raising 184 feet 16 tons 5KW
20/3/12 letters Domain Encroachments whittle away the heritage of
the people p3 The Wireless Station mast raising concluded
25/3/12 p6 Boycott of the Daily Post Labor paper?
30/3/12 p3 Opening of the Wireless Station on April 12th
WTS Crawford lately Postmaster at Georgetown assisted by C King
late operator of Westralia
12/4/12 Opening of Wireless Station postponed? now 24th?
13/4/12 Commonwealth Wireless - Marconi Chain
23/4/12 The Titanic Tragedy
30/4/12 Wireless Station PMG stated not intended to have an official
opening Station is now open
4/5/12 Hobart Wireless Station working spendidly Suva 3500 mi???
15/5/12 p4 Wireless Warnings Arrangements are being made to use the
wireless stations in Melbourne and Hobart and those to be erected at
Brisbane, Port Moresby, Thursday Island, Adelaide, Darwin, Sydney and
Fremantle, to warn mariners of the approach of tempestuous weather.
This will need a larger staff at the stations now provided at Melbourne
and Hobart, but the Federal Government has already signified its
intention of providing an all-day and all-night wireless service.
The minister for Home Affairs has arranged with the Postal Department
for the Commonwealth Meteorologist to despatch wireless messages
to vessels whenever he has reasons to believe that abnormally bad
weather is approaching their route.
10/6/12 p4 Wireless Operators needed for Melbourne, Adelaide,
Hobart, Thursday Island amd Port Moresby
12/6/12 p4 Hobart Wireless Station The Hobart wireless station
reported yesterday that the following vessels were in communication
... [3] ... and the Aurora at Macquarie Island.
13/6/12 p4 Hobart Wireless Station The local wireless station
reported yesterday that the following steamers were in communication
... [5] ... and the Macquarie Island station.
13/6/12 p4 Prevention of Wireless "Cross-Talk" It was mentioned
recently by the Postmaster General (Mr Fraser) that experiments were
being conducted at Adelaide in connection with the erection of a
wireless station, with the view to preventing "cross-talk" or the
interference of stations with each other when messages are being
despatched. The Commonwealth wireless expert (Mr J G Balsillie)
is in charge of the experiments, which are a continuation of those
undertaken by him at Hobart recently. The PMG is anxious? that his
department emulate the Admiralty which declares that it has abolished
cross-talk in connection with its wireless service. Mr Fraser is
confident that the Commonwealth system is of such a nature that the
Treasurer will never be troubled by legal onslaughts.
14/7/12 p4 Hobart Wireless Station The Hobart wireless station
reported being in communication with the following steamers yesterday
. . . [9 steamers] . . . and the Macquarie Island station.
15/7/12 p4 Hobart Wireless Station The Hobart wireless station
reported that the following steamers were in communication:- Orsova,
RMS, from Melbourne to Adelaide . . . [etc 9] . . . and Macquarie
Island station.
3/7/13 p4 Hobart Wireless Station The Hobart wireless station
reports last night that the following ships were within range . . .
[list 19]. Communication was also established with the land station
at Macquarie Island.
7/7/13 p4 as for 3/7/13, but 19 ships
8/7/13 p4 as for 3/7/13, but 10 ships
10/7/13 p4 as for 3/7/13, but 15 ships