Radio Twenty Four Hours Broadcast Amid Enthusiastic Response
A special 24 hour radio event drew enthusiasts and engineers across stations in Australia. The Patchman and Crew kept contact with the Dutch station, while listeners enjoyed shifts and extracts from No No Nanette and Sunny Marie during a tea party interlude.
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Radio reach in Fiji stalls as Sydney broadcasts fade
The article notes a lack of broadcast stations in Fiji with local listeners relying on Sydney radio. It mentions station 2BL and announcers like Mr. Kirke, plus local reactions to sports talk and live events, including motorbike racing and wrestling discussions.
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Broadcast mix up interrupts presbyterian service in Sydney
A Sunday evening church service at St Stephen's Presby terian Church was interrupted for an hour by WOW an American station re broadcasting a seed Australian programme. The outage drew a protest from Drummoyne listeners who wanted to hear Rev Hugh Maton and noted 2HL also aired Presbyterian services that evening. The Chalmers church service was for transmission to the New Hebrides for a missionary conference airing via Sydney station.
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New Zealand Listeners Favor Australian Radio Signals
An Auckland radio enthusiast urges New Zealand listeners to back a special NZ broadcast schedule while noting many NZ homes still rely on Australian stations. He cites Sydney time overlap with NZ evenings and proposes a government radio line to Australia to improve local options.
Broadcasting Radio Programmes For Sydney Stations Next Week
Principal items list weekly schedules for two Sydney stations with dates in August. Programs feature farmers shows, concerts, church services, and special guests including musicians and choirs across August 4 to August 14.
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Portable radio enhances motorist journeys across Australia
A Newcastle reader writes of a one month car tour through Western and North Western NSW and rivers reporting excellent reception from station 2H Sydney. He carried a four valve receiving set with him and heard broadcasts nightly from remote regions including Wollongong and Bathurst with strong indoor and outdoor reception. The portable radio drew crowds unfamiliar with wireless as it traveled from Byology to Kingdon, Jenolan, Bathurst, Hill End and Mudgee.
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Family Bereavement Broadcast Causes Travel To Melbourne
A Melbourne radio message advised that farmer Keith Rae of Cutcalrn learned his father had died. A. Short and J Roone organized a car trip to Melbourne, followed by Mer, a N Douglass alee, who picked up the message and delivered it to the Rae family. The house broadcast confirmed the news and the Rae son planned to fly to Melbourne next morning.
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Radio broadcasts extend football and hurdle coverage
The Sydney station 2RCL plans interstate football broadcasts linking New South Wales and Queensland audiences. July 9 0 broadcast of a Melbourne hurdle race follows public interest in football match radio coverage and upcoming Vic teams talks from captains.
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Radio Jazz Enjoyed Yet Criticized By Listeners
Readers wrote to a broadcasting station praising Crackerjacks yet condemning certain selections. Letters from Tiunkstown and St John’s College Sydney applaud the program while others complain about on air refusals and frequent dance music interludes. The forthcoming all dance program aims to let listeners with loudspeakers dance at home.
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Readable fragments on diet, milk, and obsolete law hints
The text notes overeating and stoutness linked to amiable eating, mentions eavesdropping penalties under a 1960s act, warns children who avoid milk and vegetables may face rheumatic fever, and suggests a general caution for men nearing age forty.
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Britain
War Mice order for 25 000 clasp knives in Sheffield run
A Sheffield run secured a War Mice order for 25 000 clasp knives. The account describes unconventional vocal techniques cited as sacrilegious and a Hindu performer inventing a throat trumpet to play a tune, triggering a diaphragm in the trumpet mouthpieces.
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Baffia King Catalogue Fragments Note
Australian dye puffa and glycerine dyed items listed with weights and prices. References include Raffia, Work Books, Needles, cone sizes, tray bases, postage and samples. All in a single chaotic line from Kend Id stump, Geo L Gellatly at The Baffia King in Chorge Street.
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