THE RADIO JOKE.

Grey River Argus, 20 January 1926, Page 5

THE RADIO JOKE.

“OVER THE ODDS.” SCOTS ALONE APl’REvxiii I YE. LONDON, Jan. 18. The Broadcasting Company regard complacently the outburst against tin burlesque news. It has received bun dreds of appreciative letters, uitl say, it was mainly the Low binders. no Ihu Scottish, who failed to enjoy th' ,|oki'. i I’he Company asks: “Was it con (•( ivable that we should immediate]; follow disastrous news with :• jaz: band, but the fact that a single in dividual was deceived, is a matter fo: I regret, and we promise io prevent ; i recurrence. ’ ’ Alany women are suffering fron shock as the result of Father Knox’; broadcasted riot “joke” and the <pies tion arises as to the Broadcasting Com pany's liability for damages. Tin non-arrival of Sunday newspapers, owing to the snow-blocked railways, in tensified the alarm in isolated dis t riels, where it is still beiieved, tin news is being censored. The “Dally Express’’ says: Ti»< company’s discreditable piece of foil, might have had tf'iious results, if i had been perpetrated at holiday timu when the newspaper offices were clos on, because wireless has shown itscl: incapable of o'-ert.-iking rumours.