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HOW THE KING'S SPEECH WAS BROADCASTED.

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LONDON, April 28th BRILLIANT LONDUN SEASON,

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and indeed increased, olid and splendid.

"It is not my province to deal here with even the outstanding features of the Ex- hibition. The Turks tries to do this in series of special supplements and only succeeds in sketching an outline of the picture. You must see the Exhibition, and journey, along the 'is miles of ronds" that wind in and out among the palaces and sections with something to excite. All the signs and portents indiente that wonder and delight at every turning to the London Reason which will open realise what it all means. The effect is in a few weeks from now will be excepto produce a feeling of strange excitement tionally brilliant probably the most and exaltation. brilliant since the King and QueqH WOIC crowned. The bare recital of the summer-

The one hundredth anniversary of the ous functions arranged would take up a column.The Royal opening of the death of Lord Byron on April 19th was British Empire Exhibition at Wembley commemorated with more fervour in Foro- takes "first place in public interest; and Fean countries than by his own country ten. The truth is that, the world-wide then there are to be two Courts in Mayfame of Byron is a little mystifying to aud two in June. Interest is also caken in the promised State visit of the King and Queen of Rumania, which will be the occasion of a good deal of private enter taining apart from a banques at Bicking Ifam Palace and possibly a State cobeert Later in the season the King and Queen of Italy are due to arrive in London as guests of the British Royal House, and State ball will be given in their bon at which about 2.6033 persons will be re», sent

DOMINION VIRITDES

Englishmen today: He still receivos homage on the Continent, but here he is scarcely read and seldom quated. Thore are purple passages in Byron's poetry, and I see it stated by one of his admirers in the course of a lecture that he wrote some lines that will last as long as the

·English language.

*This qualified tributa | is about as much as can be said on that subject

Lord Byron's idens which seemed, so daring and defans of convention in the early Nineteenth Century mean simply In connection with the Wembley Ex-less than nothing now. His Don Juan-ism hibition distinguished visitors from the runs counter to British taste, which is Dominions will be here in force, and this never tolerant of calculated cynicism will lead to a Teat amount of private where women are concerned. Still, it is entertaining. There is talk of a garden not unpleasing to our national pride that party at Windsor, at which they will be Byron receives the tributes of the Con As has been well said in this the chief guests, to be hillowed by another tinent.

land clearly neross the sky of Europe in his day, and to all such men the English of later generations owe tribute." TWELVE WEEKS' OF QUERA

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Although complete details are not yet see places of historic interest and partake of the proverbial hospitality of the available for the forthcoming opern sea English aristocracy More than forty prison at Covent Garden, which opens early vate dances have ahendy been arrauged next month and is to run for 12 weeks in London for May, and this does not until Saturday, July 26th; I have received exhaust the list, but it gives some inkling some particulars of the arrangements that have been made. The first two weeks will of the seale n which the season's probe devoted to Wagner and Strauss gramme is being made out by those re. sponsible for the social round." THE LURE OF WEMBLEY.

Ring," "Tristan, Ariadne," "Rosen- kavalie, and Salome." These will be given in the original. the artistes being Later.on There is no doubt now that this sum, for the most part German, mer London will be the Meces of tourists works from the ordinary reportoire, from all quarters of the globe. It is the Verdi, Puccini, and others, are to follow. lure of the British Empire Exhibition at Verdi's" Macbeth is in the list, and Webley which is apparently irresistible. this will be a novelty so far as London Although the opening by the King was concerned. Opera goers are also look fixed for April 23rd large numbers hading forward to hearing Donizetti's arrived several weeks ago.. Already. Lucia, which has not been perfonncil. nearly every "mationlity can be seen in at Covent Garden for many years. the streets of London. A rough constrs of expected visitors has been made from statistics obtained from hotels and tourist. agencies with the result that during the ensuing months while the Exhibition Lists the population of London will be in ereased temporarily by from 1 to 13

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By all accounts something like a quar ter of a million Americans are expected, and rich people are coming in force froin Rio and Buenos Aires. The bookings show that at least 45,000 Australians are coming over, and there will be a tremen dus rush from Canada. It is an old say ing that figures are dull fealing, but there is nothing uninteresting to London crs-iu the computation-n moderate esti- inate. Ian Lesired--that not less than £3,000,000 will be turned over this season in the Metropolis thanks to the Exhibi tion

*AMPLIFYING THE KING'S SPEECH.

DANGKE TU ST. PAUL'A

Canon Alexander informas me that the enndition of the massive pillars of St. Paul's Cathedral supporting the dome is causing serious concern to the Dean and Chapter.

This is matter that has speel interest for English people wher- ever they may be for it has been pic; turesquely said that St. Paul's is the parish church of the Empire." It ap pears that the inside of the pier is filled with zubble and dust, and the plan sug gested to strengthen the fabric is to pump liquid cement into the interior and thus convert the loose rubble into a solid mans. Some conception of the magnitude of the work is conveyed in the statement of Canon Alexander that it will take 30 years to complete what is necessary,

I understand that now that the danger to St. Paul's is becoming known to the public. It will probably have to be taken into account by the eager advocates of å new bridge across the Thames to come out almost under the shadow of the Cathedral. The enormous amount of ex- cavation for the foundations of a bridge and its approaches to St Paul's Church yard would, it is thought, alter the draio- age and possibly undermine the founda tions. There is also the obvious danger from heavy trafin The whole question

When the King opened the British Em- pire Exhibition he addressed a higger audience than any speaker in England. before him. He was heard 'not only by the 120.000 people seated in the Stadium, dist by scores of thousands of owners of private wireless sets, and by millions in the aggregate in London and the cities God towns of Great Britain. Most of these listeners-in heard the voice of their will have to lie carefully consister cel→

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Elaborate arrangements were made for broadcasting the speeches from. the Stadium. Suspended over the roof of the Roynt Pavilion just in front of King George's head was a microphone trans- mitter, from which the "speech currents” were led to " amplifier panels" located under the pavilion. The amplifiers maguiled the voica, which was trans- mitted to power amplifier," anil so to a number of “receiver projectors.!" The last named were in position on the pavilion roof and delivered the speech to the audience in the Stadium.". It was sent by a land line to the London broadcasting station, and from thence to all parts of the country," and "indeed, throughout Europe.

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