TRAIN TRAVEL IN CANADA
RADIO FROM COAST TO COAST The Canadian National Railways were the fii-st, and still are, the only railway system in the world, to adopt radio as a part of the regular service of transportation. All the transcontinental trains of the Canadian National Railways are equipped with radio receiving sets—headphones and loud speakers. These sets are operated for the purpose of keeping passengers in touch with tho events of the day and of giving them entertainment during the trip. World news and enjoyable concerts from many of the important cities in Canada and the United States are received daily through these instruments while the trains are in motion. There are also compartment-obser-vation library cars carrying a good assortment of books :nd popular magacines for the free tise of sleeping-car passengers.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19260604.2.13
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12464, 4 June 1926, Page 2
Word Count
133TRAIN TRAVEL IN CANADA New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12464, 4 June 1926, Page 2
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in