MARKET REPORTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11250, 30 June 1922, Page 2

MARKET REPORTS

RADIO BROADCAST STATIONS. AS AN AID TO FARMERS. In the House of Representatives yesterday the Loader of the Oppos.tion (Mr T. M. AVilfoxd) gave notice ot a question asking the Postm aeter-Cencral whether, in order to assist farmers throughout New Zealand: to obtain d£ily market reports and weather reports by wireless telephone, he does not think that the time has arrived for the Government to authorise tho erection and installation of radio broadcasting stations by Government departments, chambers of commerce, and approved commercial concerns, such authority to contain such safeguards as are necessary to prevent interference with the commercial wave-length of 000 metres, and to provide a standard wave-length of 360 metres for such broadcasting stations so authorised, in order to prevent jamming with ship and chore communications? He further asks whether, in approved cases, amateur transmission will be allowed on a wave-length not exceeding 200 metres, such last-men-tioned limit of wave-ling’h preventing any interference with either a broadcasting wave-length of "00 metres, or the commercial wave-length of GOO metres? The Minister for Public AA'orks (the Hon. J. G. Coates) said he pronreed lo make a statement, in a few days that, ho thought would cover the question raised b.v Mr AVilford. It was proposed to allow broadcasting.