NO UNEMPLOYED.
Britain Mushroom Growing Radio Industry. OVER 1,000,000 WORKERS. > (British Official Wireless.) lIUGBY, September 14. When tho national radio exhibition is opened at Olympia, London, on Friday, one of Britain's youngest, but nost prosperous industries will display its products. This industry lias no unemployed. It is growing with great rapidity. It provides work for more than 1,000,000 people, and represents £80,000,000 of capital. Since last year's exhibition six large new factories for the mass production of wireless sets have been built. At Olympia 200 firms, all prosperous, will exhibit products ranging from tho smallest terminal to the largest valve-in the - world, embodying the last word in the science of wireless. Broadcasting in Britain continues to grow enormously and there is a steady increase of 20,000 new wireless licenseholders each month. Seven years ago there were only 173,000 licenses in force, whereas now there are 3,200,000. -
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 218, 15 September 1930, Page 7
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146NO UNEMPLOYED. Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 218, 15 September 1930, Page 7
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