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Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 39, 8 April 1932, Page 9

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An Inaccurate Time Indicator. "THE other day a ealler at the door induced me to buy for a shilling a radio time indicator, On examination it proved to be very inaccurate. For instance, Dunedin is shown to be ten minutes slow of North Island, and Brisbane, Sydney, Hobart and Melbourne are shown in that order, each being a quarter-hour slow of the preceding one, giving a difference of three-quarters of an hour between Brisbane and Melbourne time, whereas these four towns all observe the same time. These examples are sufficient to indicate the amount of care bestowed upon its compilation. No imprint appears to show whether the

production is local or foreign.-

G.

A.

(Wellington) _

Service Broadcasts. I SHOULD have been intensely amused at the remarks of your correspondents "W.S." and "A.B." had it net been for the serious results the letters might have, Have they lost all sense of proportion? Our broadcasts from 2YA most of the day and practically every evening, save a small part of Sunday, are taken up with ordinary music, much of which is jazz. Yet your correspondents write of "overdose of religious services." Are they trying to be funny or satirical, or what? Certainly in these trying days we want more music, and everything else that can cheer, comfort, and elevate. Like many others I say, give us more religious ser yices and. the more, in reason, the beiter for us all.-‘Hopeful."