LATE MESSAGES

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 September 1927, Page 2

LATE MESSAGES

WASHINGTON, September 4). The Department of Agriculture announces that the spring wheat condition is 821.7 of normal, indicating a production of 308,1-25,000 bushels. The indications are all the wheat production for the present season will total 860,892,000 bushels. LONDON, September 9. The British Broadcasting Corporation, in an official announcement on Empire broadcasting, deplores the present unfortunate exploitation of the publicity experiment, giving it a wholly artificial importance. It is admitted that only irregular direct reception is available, and (this merely to a limited number of experimenters. The Corporation points out that the pro-

blem of effective Empire broadcasting is the linking up of systems for the benefit of the general public, rather than the provision of sporadic technical entertainment for a few amateurs. The Corporation is convinced that the premature unsound proposals so vigorously advocated in certain quartets are definitely inimical to success, and refuse to undertake them till it is possible to have- a minimum guarantee of reasonable service; There must be some minimum ingredient of reliability, continuity, intellegibility and quality. It was hoped shortly to be in a position to enable the King orally to address his four hundred million subjects throughout the world, but there would be no advantage to the Empire if the experiment resulted in a fiasco. A new series of experiments will be conducted in October.