WHERE THERE'S A WILL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23734, 15 February 1939, Page 10

WHERE THERE'S A WILL

This is a story of ingenuity, of racehorses, and of the stage, and it is told by a member of a visiting theatre orchestra (says the Auckland Star). He relates that a prominent Australia!! comedian was so enthusiastic a punter that after listening in to a race broadcast he walked on to the stage during a matinee, and, instead of taking his cue, quoted the name of the winner and the price it paid. ‘As a result, back-stage radios were banned by the theatre. A member of the orchestra was also a keen punter, and he solved the problem by purchasing a crystal set, which was so small that it could be carried in the pocket. It would operate as long as it was hooked to an “ earth.” He took the set into the orchestral well, and, in between numbers, listened in, signalling to the backstage staff with his fingers the number of the horse that had won. The comedian who caused the original trouble purchased a similar set. and was known to have listened In to race broadcasts while travelling to the theatre by tramcar.