WAIMAKARIRI RIVER TRUST ELECTION.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18898, 13 January 1927, Page 11

WAIMAKARIRI RIVER TRUST ELECTION.

i «ns EDiror ok the muss. Sr»lwas nat suiprised, bul miturxdisappointed .if the result of the fountain R»ci ' llllst cleetioii. Titr, J|BUjtol eto "n" , '-"' lllW ' °" *"'" CM a wlnnuny members who c;in be nUedo*t« carr\ out the "couscrvalirf, tWtldMi »"«' R'J-s'ow policy" so tli!/adrotatei M that journal in-its leading ariidtt TJu "yojJmr" etc. poliry is very tliipcfenrfierfliiL l'iti:s.s to one must, liinposßl4jttilntis"bi'ediiitlin bone mint tome out. In the interests of C£iu(rlarc>i citizens it is to be hoped tijjt tke Government will, take a Jinn itad m its imki\oufs to safeguard the (Omuiumtv frum the eiicroaeliiiieiits tfJholVaunalv.iriri river, notwitlistaudfag the fait t'nt we liave Riven them in additionil handle ip to the already peat natural ones, in the persons of '■.Heso go-slow representatives elected by - i few of the larger City ratepayers. \U can look forward to a period of !' "nothing attempted—nothing done" :fiom moat of the representatives we live elected.—Yours, etc., / . •W..II..AVIXSOE. Christchurcli, January 12th. RADIO; BROAUCA^TOfG, TO TBI! lIMTOB Of THE; tBIiS, ) sir,~Some three .{nqnjtjw ago, acting tattler the influence of tlie younger members: of'my family, rpiirehasoil a radio set, of a type stated by experts to~bo piieipf.tlie best of kind, situi io^foterfofiii g;,, \w lll. other' 'J^^uei^tc)^a^l^>j^d'''l'^^li'^Ciii'> v i think it is.called. The salcßiiio.ii who 111- . ciailcd. tltu iccciyer. ..assured- me that fcshould hear 'everything Unit was Kingl broadcasted:.'; from Australia, as mil as Auckland and Dunediu, ami on ibis assurance, 1 made the purchase. &cept for tlio local, station, of which one soon tires, I havo been unable to get any station whatever, due to howls, Shrieks, ivhiues, and hisaes, which I iflldMStand coinc from other receivers. '. nr sitting until midnight; 1 can yet * L t|*'Australian stations, very clearly, ?; ( Wmth great volume; hut whu wants ,:Wup to this hourr" I'.have con('JJmrf a qualified radio engineer, who ."''Sis 8 ™° ltt * * tu " I,otu ' n ß'i aiu ' "Wpt'is Goveinment action- alone can curb this interference. Last ( Jm Auckland, I understand, gave a >§aoastretion performance, hut all 1 '!p«|ieiif plaiply, due to the aforesaid ?«*s-*s) "K&l Sav« the King." I ' spmUiid that the Go\ eminent is inf Jpsstedin tbo broadcasting service. ; ''Wnly>thoy>linv6 enough business ueu--\>|W to know that the public—exclud'•^'ttojie^rho'aro.radio enthusiasts — tq-Hsten to such noises 1 ani doing what '-TO'of-my neighbours havo already iW*> and having the masts and the receiver disposed of. the horrible noises '4«Wkcrare enough to drive one icM }]• "What is tho Radio Society .-« J| llistchurch' d6ing to have this matter to? Surely this is a case '"'-fts! m 'B ht v ' gr«at advan'Wffe'interesting to know what • !fft- ft -^ l ' & of tho P l ' escnt state i * ir ,nrcs P Petc t *<> broadcasting.— i7«Ketc„ &*»• , INTERESTED. .* January 12th.

,, 1 |r T 9 '™* tDITOR OF THE rr.Bss. ■' il '7^ st ««ning IYA, Auckland, 1 a special programme at the f the P. and T. Department to listener* what they ex j M * t to regularly receive when. fS&T* 6f radio liconscs issi,cd *' l (Bm !'° flguro of approximately n antl ' c >patcd by experienced §*ihLS tous,asts wception was ruined WmFI ; 8 Valves > e,ld o» account of PS&, foisether with bad intcr - judge tho standard of CKEf" 10 ' r but 1 think Hdrmnnes from our local station. Jfnday anJ Sunday evenings i lc " wr o excellent) were supekfcS l lr ?e ra ninio transmitted \<m>i last night. Theßroadtonipanj stresses the point M only be possible, to give t$ T Ccr r whe » the licensed SJtaiMteiy 40.000. The Ku*? :late is al,out rt&J 0p tho issue of new will VI !Jer montll > a h 'S h he 1- ! OVCI ' two years to ► th* " :miher - Therefore of ,„V pre6C,lt licensees, the SB, "* , tlie position of a "tti 0, ' t . h . e ".,.'.otter goods «.J^!i o y ns e'ients reached CSI ? e W ™U certainly present customers, and -SPMto ffi? t,ll e tlle 'r capital are rf l«W kw „ a , ccrtnin - amount of /■•Sffi qitei \A ' e , an in tho i«?'^- y se " crcl,y ' ct jyJ&'?'? : 'V ''\ llns 'Compaiic has a

monopoly over tho , lc t v ~»inv Zealand, and as predicted b>J««J : people' listeners are si. if en. .3 • It is up to the company to «-«5 ul l -'- provido programmes or a aooa ilard. as this is the only sin* ■' ~ of the desired number ot Hu.i scs There is a very large pto »lc ready ami willing to nisiall radio sets immediately they are assui cil > obtaining good concerts nightly it who will never install *ets Miuplj. •'•' the noveltv of radio reception ot mluior programmes.- L>VXK . • Chnslchuich.Jaii. l-'th.