A WINK AT DEPRESSION

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 29, 25 January 1935, Page 5

A WINK AT DEPRESSION

WHILE many industries languished and faded during 1934 the manufacturers of wireless ‘receivers and transmitters report a record year. In New Zealand the licenses rose from approximately 111,000 to 147,000 during the year, while the Australian increase was from 518,000 to 675,000. The manufacture of wireless sets in the Antipodes has run parallel with this increase, and one big Australian firm reports that the number of sets turned out during 1934 exceeds the largest previous year’s output by 33 per cent. This same firm has, in the past 12 months, manufactured the transmitter and studio equipment for the powerful new IYA, nine marine transmitters, 25 transmitters for use in the interior of New Guinea, Fiji and Australia, transmitters for 2UW, Sydney, and the New South Wales police department, and numerous new and important parts for existing Australian major stations. It would appear from this that the wireless trade bare meter is set fair for 1935, a year which promises to bring much that is interesting and much that is revoJutionary to listeners the world over.