HIDDEN MICROPHONE
TO RECORD BYRD’S FIRST WORDS
SUCCESSFUL RUSE
DUNEDIN, 11th March All the members of the Byrd expedition were ashore to-day, and the Admiral was busy returning official visits and attending the Harbour Board luncheon. The camera-men left for Wellington, en route for the UnitedStates.
At the wharf yesterday two Sydney camera-men fitted' up talkie apparatus to record the first words of Rear-Admiral Byrd, but the leader was too alert to say even “Halloa.” However, they ran a line across the wharf, and the second man asked Rear-Admiral Byrd to make a few remarks, having a microphone tucked under his coat. Rear-Admiral Byrd expressed regret that he was bound by contracts and could not speak, so the film men succeeded in getting a few. words.
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
BYRD HEARD PERFECTLY
(Received 12th March, 1.35 p.m.) MONTREAL, lllli March.
The two-way Byrd conversation through Sydney was heard perfectly throughout various parts of the United States. Connection was quickly established and voices were clearly audible, particularly Byrd’s congratulations to Ochs on his birthday. BERLIN, Uth March. Every German station in the morning rebroadcast the talk by Byrd from New Zealand to Ochs, New \ urk.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 12 March 1930, Page 5
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