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Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 9, 14 September 1928, Page 5

[¥ there is one place in all the world where wireless is appteciated, it is surely the leper island of Makogai. one of the most beautifu) but lonely of the Pacific Islands. The island is nine miles from Levuka, Fiji, but until the installation of a wireless set there last year it was practically cut off from the outside world. During August, 1927, a five-valve set costing nearly £70 was presented to the island which has made the lives of the 450 leper patients, ineluding Fijians, Samoans, Tongans, Indians, Chinese, Solomon Islanders, Cook Islanders, Maoris; and some Europeans less dreary. The set is named "He Ren Tawhiti," meaning "Voice from a distance," and on four valves it can easily pick up all Australian and New Zealand stations.