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chairs can still be bought a lot cheaper
than steel chairs. But <p nee and
firms are working hard to find some way
of making them more cheaply, and when
this problem is solved there will be a huge

market for them, and many semi-
pie places will begin to look less dreary
ling.

ar er they are also used in dining- Se
rooms, and if the room has a built-in side- ‘
board it is possible to have a set of steel
rs and a dining table with a top of plate
glass or a heat-proof lacquer on a steel
base and have the whole thing in the same ;
feeling and at the same time practical and 4
comfortable. ,
As far as domestic work is concerned, it
me seems to be the super-shiny finish on steel
Wat er Sice| that turns certain people against it. We
ood look forward to seeing it finished in satin-
When we come to the home, though, in a ee 7 aes f plate glass offer their new avagectio silver, a new finish for metals that is very
spite of the fact that Continental designers n domest quipmen E soft in texture

HOBART GIRL HOLDS DISTINCTIVE HONOUR

Reexcerver« = First Woman Amateur Radio Operator In State Lewitt

oN, last December she sa t the final examin-- ‘Tic , g enthusiast hs , pow >
.-y loba pelongs ie mn ra e : _ te ° _ =0 me st Tt t gets h f 1
. on eight boys also sat for the modestly at first, ing. just gets ho! if wv yu, an
proud distinction of With her says muct wiyfempricangy mee . pang wr

vities soon be- the fascination does not wear off, like it
could not does’in so many other things. You simply
le, cannot let it go once you start. Of course,

being the first and only woman and proficiency ‘that she
amateur radio operator in Tas-

only two who were succe

‘ She also passed a _ service mit D I worried dad to build m« t expensive, but it is worth it,”
ae Though not yet 20 which entitles her to go out and do radio This was duly built at the back of her “It is also a woeful game for shocks,”
years of age, she has _ her repairs. home, and looks particularly workmanlike she continued ruefully. oi. am ey
i a ae with the radio receiver (5 valves), crys- must be very careless. ‘got across’ (
CW. station, Oil. ond al- Inver itive School_ Teacher tal control transmitter (3 valves), a hete-_ volts one dayand it nearly UREOH AG. 0is.
mn Ray Vr HICENCE™ yall, there are only about six women Togencous—conection Or coils, switches, of the shack! . #
for transmitting only four amateurs in Australia. Miss Crowder is gr ym “gadgets” on shelves a Amateurs’ Emergency ascent
2 has iev- #nxious to go a step further and to get a tables, anc bright chintz curtains an prea canoes : dct a
ee already achiev position in one of the commercial stations cushions which betoken the touch of the _ Miss Crowder recounted some Ege
e of success. as a radio engineer but this at the mo- Woman's hand. She is announcer, operator ing conversations she has had with ama-
: ; Be ther countries. Recently, she
een in touch with other ment is impossible, for she is a teacher and radio mechanic all rolled into one, and eli. ve tet yoo pf ar
St, . in tk é Educati P is necessarily proficient in Morse code, for Was thrilled to hear fro
America, Switzer- abe Paget signs tas aston the amateur eSunecitaer must be qualified amateur, who explained how four seg
n an and England, as complete. At present she is stationed at to do at least 12 words a minute in Morse. pied an ae Se se te al . folnaied the
; pay. “er ” fs ) ge a i ; o bring help to sufferers, n
_ humerous “QSL cards (ex- tas ene aad “8 Seapets rae td Radio “H bursting of a dam in the recent floods in
change cards), which decorate not get a great deal of time for her en- ‘The fact that she has been the only girl chat (oUt bt pr ees
the walls of her radio “‘shack”’ grossing hobby. in a class of boys, and has been some- ae heb Bate ha ad the broad-
testify. Miss Crowder is generous in her ac- thing in the light of a pioneer for her sex Miss Crowder é bacon ie bei aye =
; knowledgment of help given to her by in this work, has added piquancy, which casting ot es Yate = Sane at a
TSS CROWDER has always been other amateurs and wireless enthusiasts, has contributed not a little to the fun of first ae pre d he Paps gia so asad
greatly interested in wireless, and “The boys of the Wireless Institute,” she it all. She particularly enjoys the fun of not al One LO ra chasis trict mae
= a visit to Mr, J. Batchelor’s amateur sta- declared warmly to a representative of the “field days.’ On these occasions a car tinually, their use being restricte ee
ES:

tion, 7JB, at the beginning of last year “Woman’s Realm,” “have all been very bearing the transmitter sets out for a cer- to testing purposes.
first put the idea into her head of qualify- good to me and helped me a great deal. tain destination, which must be, say, within . : -
ing for 4 transmitting licence. She there- If I require anything done in the way of a 10-mile radius of a particular township. A portrait of Miss Crowder in
months’ course at the an aerial erected and so forth, they all set Later, cars manned by other amateurs with her wireless shack appears
three nights to work and lend a hand. I just send out receiving sets follow the same direction,
‘of the course an S.O.S.” and @ novel game of hide and seek ensues,

By “Elizabeth”

ERE is an idea for the business gir! [qe SHEE : " on top. Next, of course, came mattress
living intown'who wishes to furnish a IT is possible to accomplish much out of little if the idea is and bedclothes, and cavered Sit aieaeaaaan

-room on a minimum outlay. The there and the will to put it into effect. In this, the second | expensive material in shaded colourings of

om in which one has one’s bei ld . : ; ¢ “ brown and orange; this was throwmacross,
oe Fa Bom mns Bas one's, + danaptene rarticle of a series telling what can be made for “next to | Drown and orange; this was thrown across,