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Woman Runs Broadcasting Station.
The herb is a fairly comNYONI When it comes to a disenssion white-flowered plant named of women who have vantured vinca. Mr. Earnest Whyte, into men's lines and made good. nativa registration officer in Dur-consider Mrs. Eleanor Poehler of ban, statea that three years ago a{this city. perhaps the only doctor diagnosed that he was woman in the United States who suffering from diabetes, and sug-is managing director of a power- gested trying the native herb. ful radio station,; says a "Minne After three months he felt better, apolis thessage.
he had oured many cases of dia- betes with it. Viuca is the Latin
Simons is kept busy during the midday period, so that house- wives may get their tips on meals while they are at luncheon.-
" WIRELESS" PIONEERS IN
NEW ZEALANDAMA A correspondent writes to United EmpireThree New Zealand lads recently established
kand he persisted. In ten months Wlag, the Twin Cities Station. a wireless circuit and have sarmed the doctor declared him cared is known to millions of radio the title of pioneers in New The Durban doctor said in anffans. Mrs. Poehler is the genius Zealand. Only last September interview that vinca was more who has made it one of the best the first official massage in the efficacious than insulin, and that known stations in America:
Dominion per land-wireless was Caracas, Venezuela, Cuyamel, received, and this is how it came Three Dunedin lads. Honduras, and a ship 535 miles about. southeast of Honolulu have Rawson Stark, son of Mr. E. E listened in on Wlag concerts and Stark, Electrical Engineer, Cyril every part of the United States, Brandon, employed by Messrs. Canada and Mexico hears-the Turnbull and Jones. Electrical concerts almost daily.
Engineers, and Stanton Hicks,
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1924
Four wheel
brakes
BUICKS
OFFICIAL POLICE
BRAKING LIMITS (Teis always ar ried out dry Ipads)
10 m.p.h... 9:27 15 m.p.h. 20' 8" 20 m.p.b. 27
25 m.p.h. 58
BUICK PERFORMANCE
BUICK PERFORMANCE
ON DRY ROADS
10 m.p.h. took 2 15 m.p.h.
102
20 mp.h.16 Sa 25 m.p.h.
ON WET ROADS
10 m.p.b. took
1924
1 Four wheel
15 m.p.h. 11' 9' 20 m.p.h.
brakes
15
20′ 8
27 14
25 m.p.h.
29 9
30 mph. 53 3
30 m.p.b. 33 84
30 m.p.h.
43 9
11
35 m.p.h. 113
.35 m.p.h. 41 3
35 m. p.h.
59 1
77
BUICKS
(Speedometers were tested before and after the test and
were found to be registered correctly.)
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Mrs. Poebler is not only an son of Mr. G. H. Hicks, were bant axecutiva but she knows the on setting up a wireles install- technical end of broadcasting ation. Hicks is only 16, and and can sing a number or play the other boys a year or two a violin solo whenever it is older. They started experiment- necessary. In fact, her singing some two years ago and ing has become so popular with gradually got together materials the radio fans that she has been for equipment until by degrees unable to give it up, despite her they built up three stations, each other duties, and she takes her Ind having one at his own home, regular turn on the vocal pro-and thus complating a circuit between Ravensbourne, Anderson grogramu ex.
Mrs. Poebler studied abroad for Bay, and Kew, Zealand.
With a view to encouraging| years and on returning to her home town took up tegching-the boys, their parents and When it was proposed that interosted friends assisted, as far, broadcasting station be put up as possible, with a limited amount here, Mrs. Poehler was selected of cash and all the advice to sell the idea to the business available.
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MRS. POEHLER AT WORK.
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enterprise, and she was engaged and it has greatly pleased as programme director because the New Zealand public at acquaintance with these centres think that her artists
entertainers. they have shown what ard
few &
weeks she be done by the rising genera. difficulties was put in complete charge tion against such
Under her regime the station when they set their mind to it has been amplified until it is one Naturally the results are some-
Within
of the most powerful in the times erratic, but Marconi him- THE HUMAN ZOO.
self has not entirely overcome
United States.
Mrs. Poehler has bean fre- such disadvantages. The tuning quently complimented for the was a difficult task, but at last it clearance with which she an-was fairly well overcome, and the nounces artists and reads bed- boys were able to communicate time stories to the kiddies. with one another. Their exper-
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The secret of my success in jiences were interesting. One boy that line," she says, "is that I got a message which he knew did am a singer. Singers' bite their not come from bis friends. He words. If you want to talk so could not clearly understand it you can be heard by large the words were broken here and sudience and still not speak there and he came to the eon. loudly or harshly, try bitingclusion that one warship was your words and watch the result. sending a message to another. It Radio is opening up an avenne finally proved to be a message ta singers who could never have from H.M.S. "Pioneer" to another audience," she goes on.warship which he had picked up. "There are many sweet voices Thus the lads discovered that that are so small they couldn't their system had succeeded possibly get over the footlights, beyond all hopes. They were able We can have those singers do to pick up messages 180 miles their stuff before the microphone away (the distance from H. M. S. and, by proper amplifying, make "Pioneer") although they had the song go over as well as those only constructed it for a few of big-voiced artists. For broad-miles. To their great delight, casting purposes, the small voice the boys were able to despatch is just as good as the big one." the first "wireless” message in Mrs. Foehler spends all of the Dominion. It was sent to her spare time listening to Sir Joseph Ward, the Postmaster- programmes from other cities, General, Wellington, and con- getting pointers on the game.. Itained hearty good wishes to
One of Wing's innovations are himself and the Dominion Parlia recipes and household hints given ment. A reply was received in by Miss Mildred Simons, assistant which the warmest congratula managing director for Mrs. tions were offered the lads upon Poehler insisted upon having a the possession of such inventive woman as her assistant. Miss faculties,
HER FAVOURITE HIM.
Copszista 1823 ay Fyblin Ledgez
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