CRICKET BROADCASTS
TEST MATCH COMMENT. ENGLISH AND FRENCH SERVICE. Paris, Nov. 13. A ball by ball description of the cricket test matches in Australia will be broadcast from Paris, it is announced, by Paris Radio. The service has been organised by Mr. A. E. Whitelaw, the Melbourne merchant, who is now in London, and will apply to all five matches, covering the period 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. (Sydney time). The broadcast will be based on cable messages arriving in Paris from Sydney every minute and will include a running comment. It should be easily audible to British listeners. The cost of the experiment will be £6OOO. Mr. Whitelaw is a Melbourne man, who transferred his interests to England, and has done well in the soap manufacturing business. He it was who presented Don Bradman with £lOOO during the last tour of the Australian cricketers in England*
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 November 1932, Page 7
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