Sir Joseph Ward

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 26, 10 January 1930, Page 6

Sir Joseph Ward

Broadcasts New Year Message THD ‘many thousands of people _ throughout New Zealand who listened-in to 2YA and 8YA on Thursday, January 2, realised. what a personal and intimate thing the broadcasting service is, . They were.transported to the home of Sir Joséph Ward at Heretaunga, Wellington, and heard New Zealand’s Prime Minister speaking just as they would have done had they been in the room with him. ‘For months past Sir Joseph Ward has been recovering from a severe illness.and has been living in more or less seclusion from. the public. His callers have been limited in number and they have considered themselves privileged to have had the opportunity of conversing with him. But by ¢ wonder of wireless the great body : ordinary people were able on Thursday evening last week to be in wha seemed personal touch with Sir Jo. seph. A microphone had been installed in the Prime Minister’s home and.Sir Joseph carried on what seemed to every listener-in to be a personal conversation., ' Broadcasting is the greatest breakerdown of barriers that there can be. Everyone who heard Sir Joseph Ward now feels like a personal caller. who has inquired as to the health of the Prime Minister, heen admittéd to his room as a special favotr and heard him speak, sympathised with him in his illness, and wished him a quick return to his normal health. a a