SHORT-WAVE STATION.

Waipawa Mail, Volume LXVI, Issue 139, 19 August 1938, Page 4

SHORT-WAVE STATION.

“Tenders for the new broadcasting centre in Wellington will he call-; ed any day now,” said the Prime Minister (Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage) in a special interview with the “Record” this week. ‘-.‘ The plans merely require the approval of Cabinet for the work to go ahead. “The building, which will he thoroughly modern, will he on the old museum., site behind Parliament Buildings, and it will have ample space for expansion in various branches of broadcasting and cultural development. ’ ’ Questioned about a short-wave station for: New Zealand, the Prime Minister said that provision was being made in the new Wellington broadcasting centre for a short-wave station, but this- was not likely to come into being for some little time. “But I am certain now as I was when I came into office nearly three years qgo, that New Zealand’s voice should, he heard in the outside worlfi,” said Mr Savage. “We have a High Commissioner in London and trade commissioners in other parts of the world who tell about our produce, our scenic attractions and the work of the Government and people. Well, a short-wave station will supplement the good work that these men are. doing.” In reply to a question, Mr Savage said,, that he did, not think it necessary to take any active steps to combat,. the. propaganda that was being broadcast on short-wave by European countries. .