WIRELESS.
And Broadcasting. “NO” SAYS MELBA. BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN.—COPYRIGHT London, June 3. The latest wireless invention is 'a listening-in set contained in a match box. It has a ten mile wave length. A complete set can be carried in the vest pocket, and be sold for 2s. To connect the apparatus it is only necessary Jo attack a piece of flexible wire, which, when trailed across a room serves. An earth circuit is obtained by connecting’ a piece of picture wire to the nearest gas or water pipe. Opposition. Madame Melba is the latest opponent of broadcasting. She announced that slie would not sing in “La Boherue” at Covent. Garden if she was to be beard by listening-in. Her ultimatum was decisive—the Broadcasting Company was compelled to announce over the wires that although Madame Melba’s performance was advertised, they could not fulfil it. Hundreds of thousands who anticipated hearing her were disappointed. It is stated that Madame Melba’s agents persuaded her that it was not in her interests to allow her voice to be broadcasted. —A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 5 June 1923, Page 6
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180WIRELESS. Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 5 June 1923, Page 6
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