Marlborough Air Pageant

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 34, 7 March 1930, Page 3

Marlborough Air Pageant

Power Amblifier Renders Service At the Marlborough Air Pageant, which was held on Saturday, February 21, a power amplifier fitted with four powerful moving coil speakers did good service, both in connection with the Pageant: itself and in summoning aid to extinguish a fire which broke out in. the vicinity. .As could be imagined in the vast crowd that. congregated to see New Zealand’s third aero pageant, numbers of small children strayed away from their parents. One little fellow found his way to the operator working the amplifier, and asked him if he would find his parents for him. The announcement was immediately put over, and the parents promptly rescued the boy. Once the. example was set, a suspiciously large number of children lost themselves and had to be found by this means. Likewise several anxious. parents had their children restored to them. During a lull between the ‘announcements several small boys -climbed. up the posts holding the four Wright de Coster speakers to see what was doing. When the installation was called into

use .again,.and.the speakers bellowed forth, there was-a scuffle as: though a cat had appeared amongst, mice. They certainly came down those. poles more quickly than: they went. up, for one can imagine the tremendous power sent out from four heavy speakers, and a huge amplifier. When the disastrous fire. that destroyed several buildings. in Havelock broke out, the installation was used to call out the Power, Board men and local firemen. And many of.the: youths attending the pageant hastened: to the scene of.the fire and, rendering ‘prompt service, : aided to the thr eutening blaze.