PROGRESS IN TELEVISION.
IMPERFECT SETS SEIZING IN BRITAIN.
MELBOURNE, July 17. Mr. Ewart Chapple, who is controller of programmes in New South Wales for the Australian Broadcasting Commission, interviewed on his arrival from London, said that research work in television was advancing steadily. Laboratory experiments in Great Britain were proving most successful, but television had not yet reached a stage when it could be safely submitted to the public. However, certain large stores in England were already selling television sets, which were very imperfect, for about £l2 each. Television had an uphill fight against commercial interests, including the talkies, but would not long be delayed.
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Wairarapa Age, 18 July 1934, Page 3
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105PROGRESS IN TELEVISION. Wairarapa Age, 18 July 1934, Page 3
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