A Timaru lad /lecided to make a wireless set for a friend who was having his 21st birthday. He put up an aerial to test it on his own property. He gave it to his friend, but an inspector saw the wireless aerial and the lad was charged with having an unlicensed wireless set. Accused, who was little more than a boy, pleaded guilty beforo Mr. E. D. Mosley, S.M. Sub-In-spector Fitzpatrick said that an inspector visited defendant’s home and found a ground wire and aerial. Defendant said he had only put up the aerial and laid ground wires to test the set. The magistrate asked: “W)as there nothing 'there but an aerial and ground wire ” The sub-inspector replied that “the Act says that any part of a wireless set must be regarded as a set. “Oh, well, defendant is convicted and discharged,” was the magistrate’s rejoinder.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3782, 21 April 1928, Page 4
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147Untitled Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3782, 21 April 1928, Page 4
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