"Radio Record" Steals Speakers Thunder

Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 4, 4 August 1933, Page 15

"Radio Record" Steals Speakers Thunder

To the Editor. Sir-lI really must protest against the stealing of all my thunder by whoever is responsible for the page headed "Here

and There." On page 44 of your issue of July 28, in the course of two and a half paragraphs he has succeeded in picking the eyes out of my next week’s lec ture. I have deliberately refrained from making these lectures mere architectural catalogues, endeavouring to make them attractive with references more to his‘torical figures and facts and any curious sidelights and details obtainable. I spend anything up to four hours in research work and now I find all the most interesting details filched and published in advance, Perhaps filched is too strong a word, but, still, the fact remains that I shall have to repeat them over the air. thus intensifying the somnolence of listeners. I appreciate his kind reference to the talks, but it is quite nullified by this "piracy" and I trust it will not oceur again or I shall have to keep individual subjects a dark secret. I may add that I intend to apologise to listeners when speaking for any repetition which will in the cireumstances be unavoidable.

--L am, et.,

MARTIN F.

COCK

Dunedin.