Girdle Round the Earth
pire to which we_ belong more. real, The Queen's Journey, heard over all stations, also led one to consider the technical achievements of our modern world. Within a single hour one had heard from every corner of the globe. Just what this means only became apparent when the voices began to "come in’ from Australia, the Far East, India, Africa, the West Indies, the sub-Arctic and Antarctica, and Great Britain. Remembering the earlier days of: radio, and even now the surging of a bad reception, the clarity of the calls was remarkable. Considering the brief nature of the greetings it was also astonishing how much information and _ entertainment was packed into them,, from the short outlines of a nation’s aims and ideals to the Christmas. calypso and other songs. The fact that the greetings of the Queen’s whole Empire were gathered into a BBC bouquet gracefully thrown from Britain to New Zealand must surely add to the uniqueness of the present tour. A from making the Em-
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 756, 15 January 1954, Page 9
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171Girdle Round the Earth New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 756, 15 January 1954, Page 9
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