RADIO.
FRAUDULENT .INSPECTORS. BROADCASTING STATIONS. (BT CABLB —FBESS 'ASSOCTATIOIT—COPYRIGHT.) (Stdnei "Sun" Service.) LONDON, January 25. The tremendous vogue of wireless has provided tricksters with tho latest opportunity for fraud. They visit suburban houses possessing aerials and represent themselves as Post Office, inspectors. If tho housekeeper cannot produce a license, they fine her a sovereign. If tho license is produced the trickster tinkers with the receiving sot and asserts that the mechanism is defective and must be thoroughly examined. Exponsive sets are thus stolen.
The British Broadcasting Company is planning relay stations at Plymouth, Leeds, Liverpool, Hull, Edinburgh; Dundoe, and Belfast. Ships are hearing the London programmes as far aa Port Said. .'•■ ' . USE IN COLLIERIES. f. . ■ (Received January 27th, 5.5 p.m.) NEW TOBE, January 25. '• Powers to investigate the possibilities of radio as a life-saving agency in mine disasters have been vested in the international officers of the United Mine Workers of America, according to a message from Indianapolis. It is explained that experiments have proved that it is possible to operate a receiving set a thousand feet under ground.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 17982, 28 January 1924, Page 10
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179RADIO. Press, Volume LX, Issue 17982, 28 January 1924, Page 10
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