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Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 4, 4 August 1933, Page 35

Ty a recent statement made in Parliament, the British Postmaster-Gen-eral said that the number of listening licenses issued during 1932 totalled approximately 5,263,000. During that year 2825 convictions were obtained against persons using wireless receivers without permits, and the fines imposed amounted to £2838. By the end of February, 1933, the number of licenses increased to 5,425,700, showing 61,200 more registered listeners than in the previous month. * * Fa T Nantes (France), as a result of a prosecution, a man was ¢condemned to a heavy fine for treating patients by quack methods involving the use of "mysterious electro-magnetic wayes hitherto unknown to science." The magistrate, in passing judgment, remarked that it was a curious fact that although the accused was not competent to practice, some of the invalids had actually benefited from his ministrations. * * Mo. ARMAND GWELET and Bloi Complex, the inventor and corstructor respectively of the electric organ at Poste Parisien, have received personal congratulations from tie President of France. The President, who is an expert technician, recentiy examined the instrument with some knowledge of thermionic valve operntion, and expressed his keen delight after listening to a recital given by the new organ.