Long Delay In Installing
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Radio For Islands
Long Delay In Installing Essential Services
RECENT references in the “P.I.M.” to the suggestion for wireless sets for use in New Guinea and the Pacific Islands generally on the lines of those so success fully put into operation by the Australian Inland Mission in various isolated parts of Australia, remind one that the Torres Strait Islands and some other isolated northern outposts are still waiting to be linked up in this way.
There would be no difficulty so far as the A.I.M. authorities are concerned; and on the larger islands are Europeans who could handle the sets.
A “mother station” is necessary, how ever, and for this purpose the A.W.A. station at Thursday Island would natur ally seem to be most suitable.
The idea of linking up has been urged during the past three years, and has been received with keen appreciation by the Aboriginal Department, as well as others concerned; but although efforts have been made to induce the Commonwealth authorities to take some action which would assist in initiating the scheme, by coming to an arrangement whereby the “mother station” could be that at T.I., nothing so far seems to have been done.
A Federal representative some time back took up the matter with various Federai departments who might be in terested, such as the Defence Department, but progress is very slow.