“China Clipper” Speaks With
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Australia
A record in aerial communications on the 600 metres band is believed to have been established recently when the Sydney and Townsville coastal stations of Amal gamated Wireless exchanged communica tion with the aeroplane China Clipper in flight at a distance of 3,000 miles from Sydney. At 5.1 a.m. the ’plane, which was flying from Manila to Guam, was heard calling all stations and announcing her name. The China Clipper then called Hong Kong and a minute later the A.W.A. station at Sydney sent a call to the air craft enquiring, ‘Are you receiving me, and if so can you hear me distinctly?” A minute later a similar enquiry was made by the Townsville station, and the aircraft replied: “Good morning, we are receiving you 0.K.; the China Clipper here.” For a few minutes the stations worked each other and the China Clijiper concluded with “We are due at Guam in four hours. Good morning.”
Miss Jean Elizabeth Fairlie, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Fairlie of Norfolk Island, arrived in Sydney by the Morinda on April 25 to enter the Prince Alfred Hospital to continue her training as a nurse. She commenced training in the Norfolk Is. Hospital.