"PRESENTED WITH TWINS"
REASON FOR HAVING NO RADIO LICENCE
*'l have been fortunate enough t» have my wife present me with twins, read part of a letter rmnded to Mr •' H. A. Young, 5.M., in the Magistrate s Court yesterday morning from a de " fendant in explanation of his failure to obtain a licence for his radio. This was one of a series of incidents during the hearing of prosecutions for unlicensed radios which provided counsel and officials with some amusement "In view of the twins. I think we might say that your luck conUnues. commented the Magistrate, as he con victed and discharged the .defendMg on payment of the fees owing. W«g two children in the house I riwjg hardly think you would want a raow now," he added, amid laughter.
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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22921, 18 January 1940, Page 6
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