RADIO CONTROL.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19913, 16 June 1936, Page 7

RADIO CONTROL.

GOVERNMENTS PLANS. ‘ CHEAPER SETS PROBABLE. (By Telegraph—Press Associationi) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. The‘ Postmaster-General, the Hon. i“. Jones, in an interview last evening. hinted at a possibility of the Government taking steps to bring about a reduction in the price of radio receiving sets, it being the aim to extend the radio service to the utmost. There are 200,000 homes in New Zealand without sets and the Government desired the‘ people to regard broadcast reception as necessary to a. home as [ms or electricity. To ettect this it was hoped to design and construct a cheap but eillclent standard set. Experiments along this line are being conducted by omcers in the department, and it was hoped they would come to fruition in the not distant future. The question of royalty payments was hr-lnsr considered. The‘ rate in hew Zenlnnd was higher than those ruling in England, and this would be investigated. tim'ernment. control would come into operation on July 1. but in view of the amount. of detail to be nrranged the puhliv must not expect immediate and (irnslir rhnuflr‘s. ’l'hesc would have in rumr‘ gradually. The director of hrumlrnsting :unl tnemhv’rs of the ad—\ism'y t‘num‘ii have not yet. been ap—puintml mul the making of new i‘etrulrh tion “as a muitrr for future considvt‘uiimi. 'l'hn put‘rhnsr of any exist» in: ii stations as commercial Stations has not yet horn dreirlml upon. but he was prrpnrrtl to ronsirior offers from (my ii station which is prepared to sell out and whirh is suitable for the particular typo of service whlrh will t-u provided hy rnmmerrinl stations.