RADIO INDUSTRY
BOOMING IN BRITAIN. EXHIBITION AT OLYMPIA. , (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, September 19. The Dominions Secretary (Mr J. IL Thomas), in a broadcast speech at the opening of the National Radio Exhibition, which began at Olympia to-day, said that the wireless industry had been virtually unaffected by the present world-wide trade depression, and British radio manufacturers were now constructing six new factories, which would cover 200.000 square feet. There were no unemployed in the wireless trade, which was steadily absorbing unskilled labour. The boom had had a farreaching effect on other industries. This year’s exhibition is twice as large as that of last year, and shows remarkable advances in the efficiency and economy of wireless sets. WIRELESS IN HELMET NOVEL SET WEIGHS FEW OUNCES. London, September 19. A wireless set fitted to a London police helmet is the most novel display at the wireless exhibition at Olympia, where amazing advances in industry are revealed. The cone-shaped back of the London helmet provides an ideal loud speaker. The tiny batteries, aerial, and two valves and other components weigh a few ounces, and are entirely concealed in the helmet. Within eight miles of the police station an officer can pick up messages flashed about motor bandits.
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Southland Times, Issue 21194, 22 September 1930, Page 7
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