What is Radio Coming To?

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 41, 24 April 1930, Page 32

What is Radio Coming To?

HEARD an unusual conversation vol tween two ladies talking. across the 12,000 miles of daylight and darkness between Sydney and London,, Miss X at the London end talking about latest designs in hair, asks: "How do you wear your hair in Sydney?" Miss 8.: "Waves, and curls at back." "We're three years behind Paris." "Are you fond of swimming?-are you very fond of it? Yes, I am, too. Do you play golf? Oh! I don’t play golf; I don’t have time." Do you play tennis? I don’t have much time; the only thing I do well is swim." | "You don’t have any rough breakers over there in London, do you?’ Sydney: "I was asking if you a any surfing over there? You ‘dort know what surfing is, do you? Skating? We haven’t any real ice in Sydney; we do skating here, but haven’t any real ice, only manufactured ice. How’s that, London? That’s good, i it? I-hear you better." Sydney: "Fairly weak; I can’t put it down to feeling weak. What sort of skating do you do?" "Top heavy ?" "T am, too, but still I can skate. You try the old skating, you’ll find that better. It might reduce your weight." "What do you weigh?’ asks Sydney. "Ten-seven." "Why, I’m only 9.7. I’m short-not very big. My goodness me! you’re not fat, when you only weigh 10.7 and 5ft. 64in. I’m a bit dumpy; this is my first attempt at ‘radio.-R. L. Jones, Wellington. i --