Radio "At Last"

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 21, 6 December 1929, Page 9

Radio "At Last"

4 ‘ Appreciated in the Country CORRESPONDENT greatly inter--ested in the advancement of radio sends an extract from a letter received by him from a soldier settler’s wife in a backblock district. This letter records the installation of radio in a somewhat naive and*pathetic way, and pays tribute to its value in removing their isolation. ~° . The letter runs: "Well, we have at last one bit of pleasure up in this wild country, that is, a radio set. For a long time we have been saving odd shillings to get it, and now we have a five-valve set and loudspeaker, which Wap got cheap from a friend in AuckjJand. We hear the Wellington station clearly, and enjoy the music very much. On Sunday the church service brings back old memories. .I sing the hymns with the congregation. Gwen and Joyce sit with hymn books in their hands, and the children are getting the Word of God, I am pleased to say. A few neighbours drop in and enjoy the service so much that ere long I think some of them will get sets of their own."