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Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 31, 8 February 1935, Page 5

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OWNS and mortar boards are being worn by the assistants . behind the school books’ counter in a Wellington Store just now. APPARATUS has been evolved for measuring women’s facial features. but its commercial value is doubtful. Women like flattery. HF announcer at the Can- ; terbury Swimming Chamlast week in Christchurch was the 1934 winner lof the Annette Kellerman Cup. A WELLINGTON shop is being. altered for oecupancy by "beauticians.’ Surely America’s "morticians"’ is going fur enough! AN astronomer tells us that the Andromeda nebula is double its forinerly. recognised size. Some of the "stars" we applauded years ago are getting that way, too. ACCORDING to some correspondents, Professor Maxwell Walker’s talks on "The Art of Speech," should be given as a lecture to an1ouncers, suite of rooms original- ‘ ly planned to house’ the earetaker of Auckland’s new palatial. studio building has been occupied by the station director, A BOYS’ procession passing| the Dominion Building Wellington, on Saturday morping was thrown into disorder when pennies were dropped from a fifth floor window. WITHIN four months it is expected that the 79,000ton French liner Normandie, will run her trials in the Bay of Biscay. Radio has helped to make possible. such floating towns. NGLAND'S Anti-Noise ( Gommittee has estimated chat if all the people in London screamed for two minutes they would create only enough energy: to boil a cup of coffee. But think what a noise they’d make! J[NDICATIONS are that in the years to come 4YA should not .want for pianists Piano playing is becoming a serious accomplishment in Dunedin, and the demand for instruments has been brisk lately. A ROYAL memento.in New Zealand is the moustache ala Duke. . So if you hear a raspy. sand-papery sound in the middle of an announcement, xou will know that your favourite announcer is getting too ‘near the mike,

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[THE Auckland City Council | is contemplating installing a modern loud speaker syste1 in the Town Hall. A WELL-KNOWN Auckland man engaged in the electrical trade won £100) at the Takapuna races last week. WEN PRITCHARD, former programme organiser at 2YA, has left for his new home in Gisborne. N2LSON is at present. besieged by people looking for jobs hop-picking and in’ apple orchards: a [THE steel frame for Wellington’s new railway station has now reached its. full height. The new building promises to become something | of a landmark. "HH view from the top of the Paekakariki ‘ Hill, | near Wellington, was described by an English visitor last week as one of the finesr-in the world. . "TWENTY-TWO bicycles -are stolen in Christchurch every week, according to. police statistics.

HE ground floor shops inthe new State Theatre building in Christchurch . are nearly ready for occupation. AUCKLAND'S radio inspec: , tors have been on the warpath again and recently bagged a number of "pirates." ] YA’S old studio building in Newton was handed back | to George Court’s, the drapers, last week. The building will in future be used as.a storeroom. HE General Committee’ has recommended to the Dunedin City Council that:-a swim- | ming pool be erected on the Leith. A GERMAN listener in South Africa, preferring the broadcasts from Berlin to the local ones, sent £1/5/- license fee to Berlin. HOSE in Austria who had been victimised. by the frauds of three brothers were recently asked over the air to come forward to give evidence. (CUTTING down: overhead: the unlicensed ° listener. who drops his aerial when he thinks the radio inspector 1s coming round. Loe SAYS a notice on a building | being "built at Pefone: "Watch me grow. A. V. Swanson, Contractor,’ We. were , quite willing to. but we couldn’t find Mr. Swanson,