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Radio Record, 29 July 1938, Page 58

a ALTHOUGII the good old days of gold rushes are gone for ever, there is still plenty of excitement when 2 new and likely locality is thrown open to the gold prospector, In Western Australia the wonld-hbe miners haye to wait for the official notice to be posted, and then they hit the trail enthusiastically, to be first in the new fields. However, they recently got a nasty jar from a radio-minded competitor. He arranged with a pal who owned a radio transmitter that news of the allimportant posting of the notice in Kalgoorlie should be wirelessed to him, while he waited on the spot ready to neg out his claim as soon as the news

om ee -a~ came through. The other prospectors, arriving hot-footed from having seen the notice, found that their radio-in-formed competitor had already pegged out his ground. At an informal dress rehearsal for Hollywood Mardi Gras recently, the cast missed some cues. Charlie Butterworth muffed an entrance line and then Lanny Ross garbled a tag line. Walter O’Keefe kept a straight face and feigned impatience. Suddenly, there was another pause. "Well, what are we waiting for," said Walter with mock severity. "For you to read your line," replied Charlie soberly.