VOICES OVER WIRELESS.
QUEENSLAND TO WANGANUI. } RESIDENT HEARS HIS BROTHER. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WANGANUI. Thursday. The wonders of wireless have been furthei demonstrated at Wanganui. A local resident was called to the telephone the other evening and he heard his brother's voice for the first time for several years. He was surprised, because he knew his brother was living in Queensland. When the speaker ceased another familiar voice floated over the wire informing the listener that he had been listening-in to a Brisbane radio broadcasting station. An obliging friend had placed a wireless receiver in front of the telephone. A similar experience occurred to another Wanganui resident recently. The telephone rang, and a voice said: "Do you want to hear your daughter sing ?" Before a reply could bo made the young lady's voice was heard with remarkable She was singing in Sydney.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19659, 10 June 1927, Page 10
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142VOICES OVER WIRELESS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19659, 10 June 1927, Page 10
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