Radio for Porirua

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 20, 28 November 1930, Page 9

Radio for Porirua

~ HIE acceptance of the tender of Standard Telephones and Cables (Ausitralasia), Ltd.,. for £1175 for radio installations at the Porirua Mental Hospital, is announced by Mr. L. O. Hooker, honorary organiser of the public appeal. Tenders for the five installations closed at noon on Friday, but owing to the absence .of Dr. Williams, the medical superintendent, Mr. Hooker preferred that they should not be opened during his absence.. Dr. Williams returned on Friday evening and the tenders were opened on Saturday luorning. The tenders for the five installations varied from £1175-to £1961, and the lowest was accepted. The successful firm was the lowest in each of the five sections. An. immediate start will be made wn the work so that the presentation of the Christmas gift and the official opening can take place on Christmas afternoon. Practically 98 per cent. of the material used will be Empire manufacture. Even the induction motors for the electrie turntables can be procured from Sydney. The five sets will be manufactured in Wellington. Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd., recently made the installations at Hawera and Masterton public hospitals. Mr. Hooker states that there are still over 6000 subscription lists to be returned, and hopes that these will bring the required amount for the remainder of the work. As the money comes in, additional installations will be arranged.