PROGRESS OF RADIO

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 21 September 1927, Page 6

PROGRESS OF RADIO

FUTURE IN NEW ZEALAND. AMERICAN’S IMPRESSION. Representing one of the largest manufacturing companies of radio apparatus in America, the Atwater Kent Company, of Philadelphia, Mr Win. J. Avery arrived in Hawera last evening during the course of a tour of the Dominion, in which he is accompanied by Mr. iS. E. Tatham, the Australian representative of the company. The visitors, who arrived in Auckland last week, have already visited the centres in the northern part of the Island and in a brief conversation with a “Hawera Star’’ reporter this morning, Mr Avery expressed himself as delighted with the scenic, resources and particularly with the thermal attractions at Rotorua.

“The more I see of your country tne more I like it, and I wish that my visit of two weeks could be extended, ’ ’ said Mr. Avery.

Speaking of the big advance 'of the ri cio in America, he said it was rapidly extending and growing in popularity. As an instance of the big demand being made for equipment he stated that his own company which manufactured approximately 45 per cent of present supplies in America was turning out sets at the rate of one every fivo seconds or 8000 a day. This had been the average maintained at the factory during the last twelve months. He was optimistic concerning the future of lodio in New Zealand and said that, under the circumstances, reception had been remarkably clear in centres where he had listened in. When the reporter referred to the static bug-bear, Mr Avery said there were hopes that the trouble would evenriauv be overcome. Due to the large iumuer of high powered broadcasting stations in America, radio fans there experienced no trouble and if further stations of the standard of 2YA Wellington could be established; local disturbance would disappear in New Zealand. Asked if there were prospects of the general equipment being revolutionised, he intimated that while certain improvements might be looked for, the equipment was stabalised to a standard and no big changes could be looked for in the near 'future. The visitors, who were among ttie guests at the Central Hotel last evening, left by car for Wanganui this me rning.