RADIO CONTRACTS

Hokitika Guardian, 15 June 1933, Page 5

RADIO CONTRACTS

TER'MINATJON OF - AGItEEMESTS. NOTICE BY N .z'. GOYER-N-MENT. .. ■-(ViftpwfyAts6aqt\on y^pvriy^ y - 'Vk June ir. - : Notice pi the present agreemehi‘ under which-the. ■' Wireless of '-AjuptitelaaiAy, l/td., ali -'fhes' pud •by radio listeners, ha*. on^--' the Company,,.% ; About thveO moi]tl|a',4igQ, tion was tpkqjpi by. ‘tN Ted'efaT ernment' of listeners an.^i-.rAmtii'l;‘.;lj i cense -jw| of 30s, and bf th!e s um 3s'is paid ojjp vto,- Amalgamated i'fAustvsr ; .'. ,t lasia Ltd. ,-i s . certain patent* held- by- /the.-'Company.,^ Official notice- has ijecn;:|ivpn - ' to*Ah® vCbmpany of the intended', termination of this I, patent ; right -hgreement.'.V Tho agreement had been in fp.wc for five and a- half years, ap’d,the notice noyv givoij will terminate >• it ..twelve months hence.'y '.. • Two shillings out-. ,of the 30s fee paid by listeners' in the: Dominion is •retained by the Post .apd -Telcgiaph Department, as Its corpmissipnyio <?*&■' the cost of collecting fees. This 25r out of every license., fee -,:fpr ,;1; ' use of the -Broadcasting -Board to.'pgo-i..', ; •vide various radio broadcasting eer* In Australia. the/-license. fee ; is '24s. per annum. The Australian Government has -also had an agreement with the Company whereby it receives -3s out of every license fee./ About three months ago the Company. was, given notice by the: Australian . Government of it 6 intended termination . of- the contract. .1. • ; ’