World weather

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32407, 21 September 1970, Page 14

World weather

The world’s weather on Saturday was.—Rome, clear, 64 degrees minimum, 75 degrees maximum; Paris, sunny, 55, 79; London, sunny, 53, 73; Berlin, sunny, 46, 73; Amsterdam, sunny, 68, 77; Brussels, sunny, 64, 77; Madrid, sunny, 60, 68; Moscow, clear, 55,70; Stockholm, overcast, 52, 70; New York, rain, 67, 75; San Francisco, clear, 58, 64; Los Angeles, clear, 60, 82; Chicago, clear, 62, 75; Miami, clear, 76, 84; Tokyo, rain, 68, 74; Hong Kong, sunny, 77, 86; Buenos Aires, rain, 62, 67; Montreal, clear, 48, 63; Rio de Janeiro, clear, 56, 78; Johannesburg, fine, 55, 79.

commercials than, say, those splendid Fifths invented by Messrs Beethoven, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky. Undoubtedly, this medium should be used for the transmission of classical music. But, however desirable, culture cannot promate its own cause; it needs a patron. 1 have seen nothing of the findings of the commission which sat on this proposal in Wellington about two years ago, and would be grateful if you could enlighten me. If cultural considerations did not cut much ice at that conference, the N.Z.B.C. should not be unduly impressed. This country has long been engulfed in a flood of pop and materialism, and could well do with something on the other side of the ledger. —Yours, etc., SOUND SENSE. September 4,1970. [ln reply to this letter, the Minister of Broadcasting (Mr Walker) enclosed a copy of the report of the New Zealand Broadcasting Authority on its inquiry into frequency modulation for broadcasting stations. The report, released in May this year, said the authority found that it was not necessary or desirable in the public and national interest for an FM service to be introduced at the present time-}