STATION UNLIKELY

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20894, 25 November 1937, Page 6

STATION UNLIKELY

MINISTER REPLIES TO CHAMBER It is too early to venture an opinion as to whether a radio station will be erected in Timaru, according to a letter received by the South Canterbury Chamber of Commerce from the Minister in charge of Broadcasting (Hon. F. Jones). At a previous meeting it was reported that it was the intention of the Government to erect 12 new stations in New Zealand and, before supporting a proposal to agitate for one being allocated to Timaru, the Chamber appointed a sub-committee to inquire whether the statement was correct. On helujlf of the sub-committee, Mr J. C. Kay reported to a meeting of the Council of the Chamber last night that the Minister had replied that stations were to be erected in Southland and Hawke’s Bay, and it was then proposed to test reception in other places in order to determine whether further stations should be established. Timaru would have consideration together with a number of other towns, but it was too early to venture an opinion as to whether a station would be erected In the town. In a further letter to the Rev. Clyde Carr, M.P., the Minister said that, from what he had been told of reception conditions in Timaru, it seemed unlikely that the Government would be able to justify the establishment of a station there. The sub-committee’s recommendation that no further steps be taken until the tests mentioned by the Minister were carried out was adopted.