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ABSTRACT THE coasts of the British Isles are already equipped with a number of fixed radio beacons, which frequently and automatically emit characteristic signals for the use of ships fitted
with radio direction-finders. Such beacons are found to be of great assistance to marine navigation, particularly during foggy or stormy weather. According to the Southampton correspondent
of the Times, an agreement has now been reached between Trinity House, the Cunard White Star line and the Southampton Harbour Board, as a result of which a radio beacon will be installed on
the Nab Tower for the benefit of ships using Southampton Harbour. This tripartite agreement provides for the sharing of the cost of installation and maintenance of the beacon, which,
however, will be owned and operated by Trinity House, the authority to which all similar fixed beacons in Great Britain belong. The decision to carry out this new installation is
particularly opportune, as the Com-pagnie Generale Transatlantique has just decided that, in future, all its westbound steamers from France to America will call at Southampton. Access
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