CAVALCADE.
The T5.8.C. is determined to see that future {reiierations shall know the truth about us (may it be edifying! J. Ite collection of historical records already amounts to 5000 discs. The purpose is to preserve a picture of contemporary life and scenes in euch a way as will reveal a cross-section of present-day people and customs. For the past six or seven years the corporation has made its own records of passing events and the voices of public men, but for early periods the assistance has been sought of private collectors at home and abroad. The oldest record in the library is of the voice of Gladstone in 1897 congratulating Edison on his invention. Bitt there are also records of Sarah Bernhardt, Mrs, Pankhurst, Mr. Asquith, Lord Roberts and scores of others famous before the war. Skilful treatment of the old recordings hue enabled the voice to come through on the more modern copies much clearer than in the originals; but the contrast they make with the records of the more recently famous is a tribute to the vast improvement in technical processes during recent yeare.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 32, 8 February 1939, Page 10
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187CAVALCADE. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 32, 8 February 1939, Page 10
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