“The people iin Australia like to boast about their country. You in New Zealand are different,” said the Rev. John Flynn, of the Australian Inland Mission, when speaking in Palmerston North. “You New Zealanders say that your land is God’s own country, but you don’t say whether it is His best or worst.” The number of radio receiving licenses in force in New Zealand at March 31 was 285,007, representing an increase of 43,700, or 18 per cent, over the corresponding figures a year ago. The Postmastei General, the Hon. F. Jones, explained on Saturday that the number of licenses in force for the present time represented 77.6 for every 100 households in the Dominion. At September 30 last the number of licenses in operation in Great Britain represented 17.8 per 100 of the population, New Zealand being next with 17 per cent.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 56, Issue 4045, 9 May 1938, Page 4
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