AERIALISMS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1043, 6 August 1930, Page 7

AERIALISMS

As a result of the increasing power and radius of broadcasting stations, the British Broadcasting Corporation has found it necessary to .ake steps to assist British listeners to have some knowledge of the main European languages, other than English. In more than one of the 8.8.C.'a publications. "Aids 11 Listening” articles are printed giving instruction in French. Spanish, and other languages, including Esperanto. A number of the Continental stations also gives Esperanto transmissions, these stations including Lille (France). Turin (Italy). Vienna, Paris. Brussels, and Huizeu : (Holland). Station KCO Oakland, a Californian broadcasting station that is frequently heard in New Zealand, recently put on the air a programme of Maori folklore and melodies. The folk-lore was interpreted by Miss Bathie Stuart, who it was stated “is a resident of New Zealand and is now lecturing on the subject throughout the United States, under the endorsement of the New Zealand Government.” It was further stated that Miss Stuart was thoroughly familiar with the legendary history of the original natives of New Zealand, and was to sing a number of native songs. Recently, the first two-way radioj telephone circuit on a moving train j was placed in commercial service on a train running between Toronto and Motreal. The train, while the con- : versations were in progress, was j speeding at from 50 to 75 miles an j hour. The system makes use of the ; telegraph lines which parallel the rail- ] way tracks, thereby reducing transmission losses. From the train Sir Henry Thornton, president of the Canadian National Railways. exchanged greetings with London (England), Ottawa, and Washington, and ■ received a message on the train from ] the steamship La France, which at ] that time was in mid-ocean. While the conversations were going on. pasi sengers in another car were listening to a broadcast of their trip from a station in Ottawa, a trip which was then just in progress. With such speed 1 has news transmission now developed.