Show PIG ENGRAM u SERVICE SEDUCE IN I 1 I 1 A new wireless tele telegraphy 9 raphy I 1 I 1 tribune honolulu IT I 1 aug v S i ing lose upon tire the announce announcement iri nt ot of the iho successful experiments in uliules uli eleS to JK raphy ing th the great cifillo c of ft loth both land anil and sea acu 0 new 1111 government has recently adopted ft a novel hut stu t t thoroughly h oro successful rowans means of prints I 1 service front from ono one island idt ind toan other by means of oc lio nying alg pigeons a both th rou gh gli the ie strenuous efforts of oc the citizens of new low zealand ond and from Us its of 0 the successful tation lallon of oc messages by tile pigeon route I 1 the government finally decided to inako anti and report upon lipon the advisability of its as a government institution by citta blish ing im a Idge pigeon oll post bt between auckland Auch lind find and great barrier island A now new word necessary in tire lire philatelic lie im been con coined I liy IS S the advocates of 0 the new syl system tem and the same lias has been con adopted by the new zeal and gohei avei ariment great canler bariner island Ix lind nm as it la Is beinie tei mod d Is iq IL 11 portion of 0 tire great haider leei acet opposite auckland anti and situated ex cx aeils thirty miles Mery messages sages have been sent rent to anti and from auckland for or settle I 1 ears ean past pact by private individuals 19 with so KI success that the attention of oc the was attracted to its ili practical utility finally 1 exulting lit ili art an being set apart inclusively for the 1 purpose cirp se of 0 testing the hie haysli ay ey sli stelli before a L regular postal delivery between the two points d th ahr first difficulty dohk bilty lay in obtaining c complete 6 control and ultimate possession ot of the birds used this was however L or easily accomplished by the gov nt agreeing to ry pay tin tile aviner OB nor a large proportion of the postage to be charged this the ter gendral authorized authorize d the issuance of 6 66 special stamps as a t trial hat issue one of 0 which aleh was to be used on ach each c message sent ant these stamps stampa cost one shilling each and aro are purchased arid canceled at the two post offices fn an the usual manner the me message Is written in lend pencil on thin but tough tissue paper the exact size sl 0 i f the reproduction ot of a ic io produced herewith the stamp Is 13 placed on the center air and then canceled the message Is folded up into a small compass compa is tied lied under the wing wine of 0 a bird and in n an hour Is in ili the hands ot of the person to is horn hom it la Is adar addressed e the remarkable celerity inith will which ac h these pigeon grams ore are received and ad dc delivered livered and the simplicity of tie entire operation makers one wonder anny by zi similar nillar means oc be the different islands of 0 graells such as tire the lla wallan group tho the antilles or the I philippines are not adopted by each in hawaii there have have been some futile attempts at it bu hut t it if placed under tinder government protection and conducted through tile ilia bu business channels or of the pos tollice a service ought to be as successful in these there groups as in new zealand it if the auckland post office authorities can send a for one shilling across an all expanse of 0 thirty mills mile s at a less r rate nt than the telegraph companies cha charge rge tor for a ten word nies message sage the 0 ircy of 0 t the he proposition ought to appeal to the post postoffice office authorities as a cheap yet at SM ift and accurate system it was wait only recently that senator hale called the attention ot of the united states senate to the value of 0 an effective pigeon ser service lee as a necessary adjunct to the army and navy in cise case of war and presented st a paper reia relating ting to in homing pigeons prepared by 11 it S cordson Morr json of J president of tho the Federa federation lloil of 0 american pigeon fanciers ranc lers from which the following Is quoted 1 it was wag during the siege of paris ruling dining the franco I ranco prussian war that es ot of all europe and in tact fact the tha ishola ft hole world were opened to the fact that tile the homing pigeon was not a indre plaything constituting as they did the only means ot communication with fill the outside world they gained for themselves a worm place inthe in the bedits of the residents of 0 aarli and the admiration mi ration of all europe during the siege ot of paris thousands of messages acro acro conveyed into tile tho french capital and even newspapers were reduced in 8 size ize by by bein being 9 photographed and sent to 10 pat pails I 1 by these aerial messengers so important was the part P played jaye d by homing pigeons in tills this mar rr that it led to many european Kurop can powers expend expending in 9 enormous sums of money jn in the equipment of oc the homling pig con service are today maintained upon a magnificent scale france germany russia spain and italy have gone further in perfecting the services of tills new nev force forc e upon which they ate aie eacil expending from froin to annually that they art are now looked upon as indispensable by means of tile the pigeon bervi oes in force the european powers can keep up constant communication between outposts on oil the frontlet frontier garrisons and army posts posta us as well as fleets assembled at points not too remote W with th the above facts it a glat dance it at IL a few of the wars wara conducted by I 1 angland cl gland and the I 1 united left states stales 1 mill if I 1 con convince v ince oil ono L that well equipped pigeon services service S would out d hive been of gi gibat eat value take for war liar the d buia 1 I 1 llon ion 1 of I f which was about two ye years a it s during th this s aliar aar about attil miles of f telegraph Icle graph wires aires scle laid T tho it oa e cx X ii vas slaty enormous and set let the Py ervice was very unsatisfactory the riL reason soll bring being thit that ev ay iy few days the wiles cut by the un nit lives tives tho the territory in war was cone con dueled ducted was wary that it 11 could have been completely by FL a pigeon be service vice ivice I at 11 comparatively it no expense and th tho 0 shuts obtained wo would uld hive bee been rele ilio ahe game thing could po ho said mild ot of tho zulu and Asb ashantee antee wars the sale late civil war liar when the state of virginia 6 constituted a great field IL a r igdon service in ili the city of washington would have been the menns of making it a a coin comparatively pu rat vely easy casy matter mailer to comin communicate falcato itil tile federal government within i few hours from any part pai t of tile hie state upon the ilie western front frontier fer during the trouble eulth 1110 indiana great loss lobs of lire lira and properly could have beet been avoided by establishing pigeon posts post at various for foi ti Is w A bildt constituted I 1 the of the western division bof af ur lit at ai my tile tha present differences existing in fit the foreign lands recently acquired by the uplift united states stales are arc la in th set v for one oin to evo the gicht cibul b bno alit makh alil h our 1 would 0 id tori fieri rive v from a fliming aleyn service properly prop pro cily pelly equipped tho the now new Zeal andoire are loul loud tn in I 1 llido or of ibis ahl branch of their postal und tall grathie systems Byal nii and even po go on BO far nr al aa to intimate that marcolla Mar Ilar conla conkS 1 system 1 1 f 11 ireless telegraphy has ina not byl 11 1 half 1 f ahe 1 ulvan tosea of their own liar pigeon grain wireless cless telegraph U I 1 I 1 hi his r I 1 61 11 49 C caz 4 n I 1 I 1 11 I 1 cic I 1 ac f 71 7 td z L L I 1 j avil X r L ea 2 wy y ira 2 0 yat I 1 4 I 1 ia c f I 1 1 I 1 1 f t rac SL elmus mile ol of massage and stamp |