THE RADIOPHONE

Hokitika Guardian, 24 July 1931, Page 6

THE RADIOPHONE

LONDON PAPER’S RING

TO HEAD OF DAIRY BOARD.

(United Frees Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright).

DONDN, July 22. Mr J. G. Stapleton, member of the Empire Dairy Council, and an Enfield farmer, is making the first Anglo-New Zealand commercial radiophone call at four in the morning (Greenwich time), discussing the marketing of Empire butter din England, with a New Zealand, farmer, Mr Ernest Phillips, Streamlands Farm, north of Auckland. WELLINGTON, July 23. Taking advantage of the inauguration for public purposes of the London Wellington radio-telephonic service, the “Daily Mail,” London, rang up Mr W. A. lorns, the Chairman of the Dairy Board, this afternoon, and expressed that paper’s interest in the dairy industry in New Zealand. The paper undertook to convey a message from Mr lorns on behalf of the dairy producers of this country to the traders and the consumers in Great Britain. . The “Daily ' Mail” representative indicated that he had tested the' Soviet butter, and had found that it did not compare in any way with that from New Zealand, which, he said, was the best butter now being imported into the United Kingdom. The “Daily Mail” asked if * New Zealand could send weekly shipments with regularity all the year round. Mr lorns, in his message, stated that the Board, was seeking to arrange shipments so that a regular quantity of New Zealand’s butter and cheese should reach t’ United Kingdom each week. He emphasised that New Zealand had always kept before it the ideal of quality, and he urged the con. sumers of Great Britain to remember their own kith and! kin over the seas, and purchase New Zealand’s dairy produce. He also pointed out that the producers of New Zealand were Britain’s best customers. He especially mentioned that the cheese being exported from New Zealand in , future would all be full cream citeddar cheese. The ring from the “Daily Mail” came at 4.23 o’eoek this afternoon, when it was 5 a.m. at the London office. ' x

AN AUCKLAND CALL

PROVES A FAILURE,

AUCKLAND, July 23

The first commercial radio telephone call between England and Auckland was attempted to-day, which was the first day of the operation of the new service. The call was made from London to Warkworth, but only a few disjointed sentences were heard at this end*®. w-

A Press Association cablegram was received from London at 1 p.m., stating that Mr G. R. Stapleton, a member of the Empire Daily Council, and a farmer of Enfield, Otago, would speak from London to Mr E. V. Phillips, of Streamlands, near Warkworth. He was* to discuss the marketing of Empire butter, and the call was to be made at 4 a.m., Greenwich time which corresponds with 3.30 p.m., New Zealand time.

The, arrangement was not known to Mr Phillips until 1 p.m. With Mrs Phillips he was away on his farm, seven miles from their home. The information' was taken to him by a friend, who motored out. As >Mr Phillips suffers from deafness, it was decided that Mrs Phillips should answer the telephone call. They learned that, for technical reasons, the call was put through' to the telephone apparatus in Warkworth Post Office, instead of the instrument in their house. Instead, of the call being made at 3.30 p.m., as anticipated, it did not come through until about 5.15 p.m., and in the meantime, they waited in the Post Office.• . “All we heard were a few disjointed sentences,” 1 said Mrs Phillips. “There was some suggestion of a message to ajl the fanners of Nevy Zealand., and something was- said about Russian butter. We did not hear the name of the speaker, but we concluded that it was Mr Stapleton. He also said something which seemed to be an- advice to the farmers to all pull together. The attempt lasted about three minutes.”