Where There’s A Will

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 42, 20 February 1939, Page 8

Where There’s A Will

This is a story of ingenuity, of racehorses, and of tho stage, and it is told by a member of a visiting theatre or chestra (says the Auckland Star). lie relates that a prominent Australian comedian was so enthusiastic a punter that after listening in to a race broadcast he walked on to the stage during a matinee, and, instead of taking his cue, quoted the name of the winner and tho price it paid. As a result, back-stage radios were banned by tho theatre. A member of tho orchestra was also a keen punter, and he solved the problem by purchasing a crystal set, which was so small that it could bo carried in the pocket. It would operate as long as it was hooked to an “earth.” Ho took the set into tho orchestral well, and, in between numbers, listened in, signalling to the backstage staff with his fingers the number of the horse that had won. Tho comedian who caused the original trouble purchased a similar set, and was known to have listened in to raco broadcasts while travelling to the theatre by tramcar.