BIG BEN.
Sir,-Replying to the complaints of your correspondent T.P.M. regarding the chimes of Big Ben, I would like to point out that they are popular with quite a number of listeners. Nor are the chimes, if received by an efficient wireless set, harsh or discordant. To many listeners they seem to serve as a definite beginning or end to a programme: also as an accurate and unmistakable time-signal which can be recognised even if one is at some distance from the loud-speaker. This is more than can be said for the time announcements which T.P.M. refers to. Finally the chimes have a sentimental value
for many listeners.-
CHIMES
(Mount Albert).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 108, 18 July 1941, Page 4
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