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Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 14, 13 October 1933, Page 35

HE new wireless regulations. in France require than an applicant for a listener’s license shall state in writing the place and date of birth. This has resulted in a large number of French women dismantling their sets and advising the authorities in plain terms of the reason for their doing so. s a ¥ HD rumour that the Government intended increasing the license fee from 60 to 100 franes has raised thousands of protests from all over Belgium. Most of the associations which provide wireless entertainment to the two Brussels stations have decided to appeal jointly to the authorities on the ground that the impost would strangle the radio industry. s a zs AS an experiment the Belgian Railway Company has brought into operation this summer a special train, "radio-touristique," working o circular tour between Bruges, Liege, Spa, Ghent, ete. All first and second-class carriages gre equipped with four loud-speak-ers connected with a microphone and amplifying panel located in the guard’s van. By this means, a running commentary is given to passengers on all historical and other places of interest met with during the trip. If the scheme proyes successful, some 200 trains will be similarly equipped as it is calculated that the cost of the installation in each instance could be eompletely covered in the course of. one Mummer season,