NOTES AND COMMENTS

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18063, 8 March 1923, Page 6

NOTES AND COMMENTS

Modern Woman: The way things are tending it will soon be easier for a woman to got a seat in any legislative body in the country than in a street-car.—Rochester Post-Express. • « e \ New York Rings Up London: i The shrinkage of the world goes on (says the “Manchester Guardian”). A few months ago we “spoke” by wireless telegraph direct - from these islands to Australia. On Mondoy New York actually spoke by wireless telephone to London.. Alanchested .to London, a distance .of 185 miles, has been covered by a Daimler air express in 84 minutes, thus beating all previous records for the journey. The development of wireless threatens us with a bombardment of news propaganda, business messages, and private communications from the ends of the earth, and at present we are without proper receiving and transmitting means. Most of us doubtless would prefer to observe a strict and splendid isolation. Actually we, of course, do listen 1 in, though with cotton wool in our ears. Events 1 may drive the State to adopt some system which will limit the dangers "of private monopoly.