Radio Licenses
DOMINION TOTAL 286,000 Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, May 7. The number of radio receiving licenses in force at March 31 last Was 285,007, representing an increase of 43,700, or 18 percent, '*ver the corresponding figures a year ago. The Postmaster-General, the Hon. F. Jones, explained last evening that the number of licenses in force at the present time represented, 77.6 for every 100 households in the Dominion. “Statistics are not available upon which to make a comparison in similar terms with other countries, but it is possible to make certain comparisons on a population basis,” said the Minister. “In this connection it is interesting to note that at September 30 last the number of licenses in operation in Great Britain represented 17.8 per 100 of population, New Zealand being next with 17 per cent. Other countries with high percentages at that date were Switzerland 16.6, Australia 14.4, Germany 32.4 and Holland 11.8. Tno corresponding density in New Zealand has since risen to 37.7 per cent.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 107, 9 May 1938, Page 7
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167Radio Licenses Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 107, 9 May 1938, Page 7
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