Radio on Ferries

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 23, 20 December 1929, Page 6

Radio on Ferries

ASSENGERS across the harbour to Devonport by the ferry steamer Makora will be entertained in future by radio. BExperiments have proved very satisfactory, and may result in the scheme being extended to other boats run by. the- Devonport. Steam Ferry Company. The afternoon and evening concerts will be received from station 1YA on a crystal set in. the captain’s cabin, and an amplifying and loud-speaking system will distribute the music throughout the upper deck and cabins. The string trio which entertained passengers in past years has been disbanded, but there is a possibility of other musicians playing on the boats during the early afternoons if the radio receiving system is not extended. The apparatus was installed on the Makora when she was in dry dock last week.