Our Mailbag

Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 22, 9 December 1932, Page 23

Our Mailbag

Run By The Government. At the time of writing I am laid up , with a foot injury, and to-day I have amused myself by consulting back files of your paper, and re-read-ing your "Mail Bag" columns. As auticipated I found that the majority of anti-Board criticisms originate at Auckland and Dunedin-places where there are many "B" stations. I am _ going to suggest that most of the criticism'is so unfair as to lead one to believe, that with ulterior motives it is desired at all costs to belittle the national service. A fair examplé of such matter is W:M.B.’s letter in your last issue. As a firm believer in the present control, and one who thinks they have worked wonders, I would ask. W.M.B. to explain how. he arrives at the fact that Government | is running the service? He makes that ' plain statement, so I await with interest ly explanation-otherwise I and no. dowbt a number of your readers will ‘classi: W.M.B. as another axe-

grinder.~

J. H.

P.

(Wellington).

A Challenge. . ANTI -BOARD," in your issue of December 2, asserts that 90 per cent. of the programme items from YA stations are highbrow. Now, Sir, you could arrange to check this up and my proposal is that ‘if .. "Anti-Board" is correct I donate £5 to \the Mayor's Fund, whereas should "Anti-Board" be wrong he gives the £5, Come on "Anti-Board" it’s all for a good cause, On demand, Mr. Editor, T will deposit 2 cheque for £5 as evidence of

good faith-

Anti-Humbug

Quadrant Taken to Task, ys this week’s "Record" there is . note by "Quadrant" with reference to my letter of the previous week, I am well aware of the fact that there are hundreds of

SUS SUBS NEUEN BUA NSB iGsRiSvE NSS Be Siw eS ie millions of people in India ‘and China. and would be pleased to learn in what respect conditions for broadcasting there are similar to those in New Zealand. In any case, those millions are not potential buyers of receiving sets. Great numbers exist on one meal per day and do nof possess a place they can call their own, home, I understand: ‘that in some distiicts in India réceivers are set in concrete pillar boxes for the benefit of the whole community, T have no. doubt that the English set ‘makers have © full information about possible markets, otherwise they could not have increased the export trade by 300 per cent. in one year, as stated in your issue of November 4. I would like to suggest that if you have any remarks te make in replying to your cor: respondents you should follow the rule adopted by other editors by doing so over your own signature or initials.-

J. E.

Horsfield

(Nydia Bay),

"Quadrant" is an independent contributor, whose views do not necessarily coincide with our own,--Ed. |]