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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 5 April 1927, Page 9

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REPLIES TO H. G. WELLS. PROFESSOR LOW’S DEFENCE. TELEVISION SOON. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received 12.40 p.m. to-day. LONDON, April 4. ‘‘Broadcasting is only five ye ans old,” said Professor Low in reply to Mr H. G. Wells’s provocative criticism, “yet it increased its circulation more than Mr Wells has. Soon we shall have television. Mr Wells is one of the most brilliant men living, so he should try to improve broadcasting.” Scores of experts point to the broadcast of the boat race, and say: “Doesn’t that answer Wells.-’.’

BROADCAST WEDDING MARCH. TO COUNTRY BRIDE. Received 12.50 p.m. to-day. MELBOURNE, April 5. Victoria generally will participate today in a wedding. In the SuraJl country settlement a marriage will be solemnised in a house, and the prospective bride, having no piano, asked a broadcasting comjrany if it could broadcast a wedding march. The request was granted. PARIS, April 4. Four naval airmen were killed at Toulon, their machines ora-shing after colliding in mid-air. BAIRD TELEVISION COMPANY. Received 1.5 p.m. to-dav. LONDON, April 4. The Baird Television Company, with, a capital of £125.000 has been formed to exploit inventions for transmitting news and portraits by telegraphy c.r wireless. Baird, the Scottish inventor, is one of the direetros. LONG DISTANCE RECORD. HOLLAND HEARS SYDNEY. Received 1.5 p.m. to-day. AMSTERDAM, Apr.] 4. Jubilation has been caused in Phillips laboratory, at Eindhoven, by the news that its signals have been picked up in Sydney, this constituting a short- wave world’s record.