Wellington Radio Exhibition

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 52, 12 July 1929, Page 6

Wellington Radio Exhibition

° Arrangements Well in Hand ARRANGEMENTS for the Radio Hxhibition to be held in the Wellington Town Hall on July 25, 26, and 27 are well in hand. All the stalls that ¢an be provided have been booked up, and the traders concerned are working enthusiastically towards providing a memorable and informative display of modern radio apparatus for the public. A COMPREHENSIVE and full programme has been arranged by Station 2YA for transmission from the Town Hall on the evenings of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. ‘The station will go on the air from noon of each day and continue till approximately 10.30 each evening. /JYull details of the programme will be given next week, but it may be said here that approximately 180 performers will appear in the course of the three evenings. The co-operation has been secured of the Wellington Tramways Band, the Wellington Harmonie Society, and the Welsh Choir, while a number _ of outstanding individual performers will also appear. The procedure 7} will be for the concert items to be given from the central stage of the " Town Hall, which will be specially enlarged for the occasion, and fitted up as far as possible as a studio. The concert will take the form of a promenade concert so that visitors to the Exhibition may feel free to move round inspecting the stalls while the concert is in progress. For those who wish to sit and enjoy the musical items without interruption, the gailery of the Town Hall will be available. Two intervals of approximately 20 minutes each will take place during the evening to permit of full inspection of the stalls. HE official opening of the Exhibition will be made by Hon. J. B. Donald, Postmaster-General, at 8 o’clock on the evening of Thursday, July 25, although, of course, the Exhibition will be open as*from noon -on that day. The Post and Telegraph Department is co-operating with the BExhibition to the extent of providing technical apparatus of interest to radio enthusiasts. This will involve, in all probability,.a demonstration of the transmission of pictures by wire, and also high-frequency testing apparatus. A suitable programme, describing the stalls of the various exhibitors: und giving the musical items each evening, is being prepared and will be uvailable to the public. HE Wellington Amateur Transmitters’ Association will make a display of apparatus, and as already announced, an exhibition will be made of the winning sets in the eonstructiona] competition. . These competitions are being conducted by the Wellington ‘Amateur Radio Society. Entry, of course, in those competitions: is not limited to members ‘of that ? Association, but are open to any constructor. These entries, as announced % earlier, must be delivered to Station 2YA on the evening of July 1%, between the hours of 7 and 9 p.m. SCT UTTTTTTETTTEETETEEEE e