Radio Round the World

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 4, 9 August 1929, Page 25

Radio Round the World

\ "TH progress of radio in South Africa is very slow. During the last. two years. licenses have increased by only 3900. Piracy abounds, but the authorities are very successful with their . prosecutions. However, . even these deterrent measures do not reduce the increasing numbers of non-financial listeners, AN ‘IEnglish paper reports that one of. -- the Eskimo dogs, evidently dissat‘isfied with the regular table d’liote, found his way to the roof of the wireless, cabin of the, City of New York ang fastened his teeth in the loop antenha of the radio compass. HD all-electric ship which recently arrived in Sydney. aroused a great deal of interest. The Brunswick, designed for the sole purpose of carrying motor spirit, brought 4,000,000 gallons of this commodity to Australia. The cargo was discharged in just over 24 hours, thus maintiining an average . of 81,000 gallons an. hour. 3000-H.P. car is being constructed in Wngland, capable of a theoreti: ‘eal maximum. speed of 400 m.p.h. For the steering of this car beam wireless is to be employed, so that it will actuate a red point, which moving over a’ white disc,. will show the slightest de‘yiation from: the true course.

HE Reich Broadcasting Company of Germany has decided to build a new headquarters at the cost-of a quarter of a million sterling. The building is to have a frontage of more than 1000 feet. It will have two halls, each about 90 feet square, and is to be five stories in height. ~ j OR being the owner of a wireless set, a Russian peasant was recently ‘killed by his neighbours... "Popular Wireless" remarks that perhaps they were radio enthusiasts and coveted his spare parts themselves. HE Hungarian Government has decided that. radio loudspeakers come under the heading of nuisances, and anyone operating one in a public thoroughfare is liable to be fined. ~ SUICIDE is becoming a habit among the Turks, with fatal results, reports an exchange, so the Stamboul University is broadcasting a series of anti-suicidal lectures. The radio lee turers are trying to counteract the mental state which leads to suicide.. "THE wireless organisation for the air mail service to. India, which was inaugurated on:March 30, forms a complete chain, so that the aircraft engaged are in touch with aerodrome ground stations throughout the 4700 air miles from London to Karachi. — ane