SCENES AT THE LONDON END.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19916, 1 May 1930, Page 11

SCENES AT THE LONDON END.

tBRSATION CLEARLY HEARO. April 30th, JJ p.m.) -.-., LQNPQN* April |Q, It you in Australia heard Mr Maepoaabt as-plainly at we heard •M? penHa at if o. 10 Downing Street, where ft dozen privileged journalists had not Jpjwjed a Byllable of a verbatim report, there » no need, to recount what passed between, the Prime Minister*! Mr Mac Donald sat in his usual chair fn. the Cabinet room, with an ordinary telephone, while the journalists werf In the next room, each with a telephone ' conneeted to an array of amplifiers,' Jlr H, B. Lees-Smith, the Postmaster

General, beaming on the new raarvej Wbieh his Department had fashioned ii) the faee of flinch criticism, kept Mj jlasijonaH company, . The Prime Minister's son, Malc,gl% J;ave a family toueb by joining the onrnalistp, and -was glad to take 009 «f their spare headphones. Miss IshbeJ .MacPonald, unluckily, was ont of Lon. ■ (Job, and missed the thrill. At 8.25, after repeated tests, we heard the final ; rO.HJ,." to Mr Badonach, who replied 1 *'AU M*4y at Canberra Mr Mereer," I'Tben punctually as Big Bon chimed vf.Bo (he conversation began- There wai apt the remotest suggestion of atmos' fheries at this and, Those mid-Vic. orian eonrtesies, such as "My dear M.ir Ktoflfiis," 'My dew Mr Mac Donald," TitWndea ft little novel to the stereo. kfefped, jaatter-ef-faetness of everyday j;|toversat}en Jn London exchanges, but sostlng £2 per minute. £-fP v eryo_e was interested in Mr Mac» ' ? JfanaldJi iUQlosuTa that he hoped soon ■Sfflfconneet Australia with the greater l ; part of, Europe and the whole of North - Anuriaa* via London, bqt nothing de« ttgataiUaa. listeners mora than Mr Mac. Bonald'e <'By4he*by, this Ashes bueiness." ' jm »4ttlb(aliens in the room and m**Wi"'iSt«Bi»g to the broadcast Mr Scullin's promise be no embargo on the SHffw"* *#_£'*» AnitnHfc Np dtfspppu hepfa Mr Mac Donald's quiet mm »f iW* reply, _'|& Sculiin's voice carried perfectly t lnsMd, itf "was true, as Mr MftcDonald sajd & closing, m You seem just tn have Ofl*n in' the next room." . Mf.fitaflis retorted, "The same with you/'". Finally, Mr MaoPonald *aid, "Ap W&MY-Qmtmteh All th§ beat »Jags,«tt«4 you. Ta-ta," ! Photegraphs fif the historiq seen* takes, after which Mr MaeDon llld, eajsn? to the' Journalists' room hobbling over with enthusiasm. 8* ,'ljlid: «'Xou know, I had not heard M» |eullin J sinee 1906, but I recognised h|s fiwe, at ,tbe Brst word." . >M* who was meat prong v'« the-success of the trial, revealed H#et a <oftve»iat}pn at that moment was ?Wg OB between Mr LloytJ George and t W; M. Hughe's. if ALMOST PEJtFECT. pi . RECEPTION, ?£ . , _ . £■ CONDITIONS IN AUSTRALIA. '$ ij.-i _____ May let, IS.4Q .a,*.) «£4 '' r erpNsy, April 30. #]r#!esg telephone eenversatiQp MacDonald and Mr Sc,«K :'%.' *h« latter* at Canberra, is being ed in *k* r " ,w *9'n»orrow. Badlo ____l_2- f _- In >-l! IRt ™ r " ce P««TOf Mf *S?" address was almost porr'*' 8 W * B B^ht *»^ B * « n Ssafc-L-teo. Mcasions, but his words fi_tav" fV * r lict, ~« ll y' in 'a«*We oh loiid • > There was no interference