RADIO EXHIBITION
OPENED AT WELLINGTON [BY TKLECIUPII —PRESS ASSOCIATIONI WELLINGTON. Tuesday "Broadcasting in Now Zealand is making most gratifying and continuous progress," said the Postmaster : Genoral, the Hon. A. Hamilton, in declaring the radio exhibition at tho Town Hall open to-night. He added that in 1925, wlieil broadcasting was first instituted as » national service, there were some ;5000 listeuers. At Mnr.eh 31 last there were nearly 11S,000 receiving licences issued. It was computed that the number of radio licences to population in New Zealand was 75 per 1000. It was estimated that ono house in every three had a radio set installed, and it might not bo wide of the mark to prophesy that in a few years radio sets would be in practically every houso.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21807, 23 May 1934, Page 12
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126RADIO EXHIBITION New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21807, 23 May 1934, Page 12
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