(The proposed news services in foreign languages, which are the lates addition to the BBC responsibilities, will require extra transmitters at th already extensive Empire station at Daventry, Since the task has been laid on the BBC by the Government, it may be assumed that the substantial] contribution towards the cost of the new equipment will be handed over by the Exchequer out of the humper surplus which it now retains from licence fees. It is only a little while since considerable new plant was installed to handle the regular Empire transmissions; by the time Daventry gets yet another batch fo transmitters, for foreign broadcasting, it will probably be the biggest short wave centre in the world, From Down Under According to the latest information to hand, the schedule for the Sydney, Melbourne and Perth short wave broadcasting stations has now been fixed as follows:—VK2ME, Sydney, 31.28 m., 9.59 me/s, on Sundays only, Shanghai time, 14.00-16.00, 17.30-21.30, 22.00-24.00; VK3ME, Melbourne, 31.54 m, 951 me/s, on week-days only 17.00-20.00; and VK6ME, Perth, 31.28 m, 9.59 me/s, week-days only, from 19.00-21.00. Incidental. our old friend VK3IR, 31.34 m., 9.58 mc/s, is now officially known as VLR, for some reason, Broadcasts are given on week-days from 10.35-2130 and Sundays from 16.00-20.30. VK2,-3,-6ME are operated by Amalgamated Wireless, and VLR by the Australian Broadcasting Commission, Fiji Calling Suva, Fiji Island, VPD2, is now broadcasting on 31.45 m., 9.54 me, and gives a gramophone concert daily frore 18.30-20.00 nghai time. The interval signal consists of two strokes on a gong, and the station closes down with the "Song of the Islands," and "God Save the King." The call is put out fairly frequently during the course of the broadcast, and requests for verification cards should be addressed to the Amal-gameted Wireless of Australasia, either at 167 Queen Street, Melbou! or 47 York Street, Sydney of the Clyde, now, incidentally. enjoying to the full the national trade revival, Here the exile will see a demonstration of Scotland's industrial might such as cannot conceivably be staged again for many years, If he wants to wander, to see again the beloved hills and glens, the exile will discover that travel is cheaper and more efficient than ever before.
The railway. steamship and touring companies have made elaborate plans to cope with the extraordinary "excursion" public the Exhibition will attract, He will be specially delighted to find that the Western Isles are no longer remote; that the aeroplane has banished the necessity of tiresome journeys and exhausting sea-crossings, Above all, he will be certain of a royal reception. A really hearty welcome is awaiting him. He need not fear that our traditional hospitality will prove unequal to the strain of 15,000,000 guests. Let them all come, we say; we are ready for them. This is the sort of invasion we never repel.
Now is the time. then, for that long-planned visit, Scotland will be at her gayest in 1938, and the happiness of thousands of returned exiles will be one of the strongest influences contributing to that gaiety
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