The wireless station at Shuang-chiao has been constructed by the: Japanese firm, Mitsui Company, for the Chinese Government under a contract signed with the Ministry of the Navy in February, 1918, for the purpose of providing China with a high-power wireless station, which is capable of communicating with Japan, Europe and America, at an estimated cost of £536,267.
The construction work of the station having been completed by the end of July, the station was put to the first. official test on August 10 in the presence of the representatives of the Chinese Government and! Mitsui Company, and the success of the test was confirmed by the following messages received in reply from the French wireless station at Bordeaux "We heard your signal perfectly well at 20.10 (at 4.10 a.m. in Peking) till 2.40, Greenwich meantime, on August 10, receiving it very strongly."
That the official test should have been carried through successfully at this season when atmos-phene' conditions ar* most unfavourable for ameri.: communication indicates the efficiency of the newly-built station. The test will be continued for some time with Sainte Assise,"Nauen, Carnarvon, the Marshall Islands and other centres of radio communication all over the world.—Reuter.
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