Reader Favours More To the Editor of' the "Nommi-Cunsa Daty News'
Sme—It seems to me that before evacuating his mind in your columns today, in order presumably to relieve his "sated" condition, your correspondent News-Sareo' "might "have perused: more carefully the letter, written by F. A, Incuis and published your issue of yesterday, to which he takes such vehement "exception. Just_why the perfectly reasonable views "and enquiries of Mr. Ixcurs should bring forth outpourings, many of them of @ personal mature, such as are contained in the diatribe of News-Sate> is diMeult to compre: hend, for there was nothing in Mr. Inctist letter, written as BB.
Correspondent for Shanghai, which could possibly have justified them, To distort an enquiry as to the oplunions of interested Shanghai listeners fon the subject of two B.BC. evening hews relays over XCDN into an issue involving. the "thoroughly selfish" course adopted by Mr. Metis, his willingness to "sabotage every feature programme on the Station's schedule" te, is as unreasonable as it is frrilating to those who know the enthusiasm and ability with which Mr, Inctas discharges his duties in the capacity of B.BC. Correspondent. May it be inferred that' News-same is labouring under the pecular delusion that newspapers are the only undertakings which have or should have "Correspondents" May! it further be inferred that since. News-Sare apparently has an axe of some sort to grind he has more than a mere Ustener's Interest in feature programmes from XCDN, and is therefore. to use his own expression, a "biased partisan" in his own right?
On the original issue of the desirabllity or otherwise of relaying the BBE, news over XCDN both at 8 pam. and 10 pin, News-Sareo is somewhat more reasonable, and, doubtless Mr. Ivctis, who prestimably wishes to have the views of anybody and everybody, will take due notice of his ideas, "peculiarly expressed though they may be. Personally would favour the relaying of the BBC. news both at ® p.m. and 10 bum., when reception conditions per mit. and oven at the expense of XCDN nows broadcasts, good though these undoubtedly are, "Tt can I think be taken for granted that the BBC. facilities for dealing with news, sort-Ing the chaff from the grain, etc. ete. fare considerably better than those of XCDN. A good deal of unnecessary duplication of effort is thus eliminate ed. effort which at this end can possibly be expended on the feature pro. ligrammes so dear to the heart of News-Sarm, "Mr. Carroll Alcott can be relied upon {0 keep us me formed on local happenings, and everybody, at least theoretically, ought to be
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