TELLING THE WORLD

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 644, 22 April 1929, Page 11

TELLING THE WORLD

LOST CHILD, LOST OVERCOAT ;v BUSY ANNOUNCER • r “Hello, Hello. Leslie McCoy who became lost and is now found, is in the hangar. Will his relatives please come for him?” Thus issued the measured tones of the official announcer, broadcasting through a system of loudspeakers at the air pageant on Saturday. \TOT only were tlie loud speakers made the medium of information concerning the actual programme. The announcer did not. stop at telling the great crowd that “the pilot now stunting in front of the hangar is Major Caldwell,” or at announcing that (presumably as a sequel to his earlier propaganda) “two more gentlemen have presented themselves at the hangar with a view* to joining the Aero Club.” There was a lot more to his efforts than this. Always introducing himself with that imperturbable “Hello, Hello,” he gave the public vicarious glimpses behind the scenes. Sometimes pilots were wanted in the hangar. Sometimes it was a telegram from the Hon. T. M. Wilford, and sometimes a dissertation on record speeds and heights. Mr. C. Whitney caused the announcer much concern. Repeatedly he sent his plaintive appeal for Mr. Whitney echoing out over the landscape. “Hello, Hello. Mr. C. Whitney —W-h-i-t-n-e-y—is wanted at once in the hangar.” Then there was Leslie McCoy. One had a vision of the salvaged infant under the announcer’s friendly wing. Lastly, there was a blue coat. “A blue dvercoat has been lost. Will the finder please return it to the hangar?” It was a busy day for the announcer. No light task being on the air at an air pageant.