The Waitomo Relay

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 13, 11 October 1929, Page 7

The Waitomo Relay

Unfounded Rumours A NEWSPAPER paragraph in circulation reads as follows :- "A northerh paper, commenting on the fact that the recent relay from _Waitomo Caves was, for some unknown reason, cut short, and that 1YA returned to 4 studio broadcast, suggested as a possible reason that the old and damp were too much for the artists. It further states that the announcer of that evening has since died of pneumonia." Whatever may have been the technic#l achievement or failures of the relay from the caves, it is quite evident that the occasion. aroused very great interest, as has been evident from the rumours. contained in the above paragraph. The facts were that a relay line could be made available only for an hour, and the health of no artist suffered. To say so is a libel on the magnificent caves,