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July 1st, 1925                                         RADIO BROADCAS?T

                  WIRELESS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA.
      THE        INSTITUTE                 CONVENTION.              experimenters.      The complete agenda paper, with
                                                                    full details, will be published next month.
     ASTERN delegates            to         the   Second   Annual
E      Wireless Institute Convention, to be held in
       Perth in August, will probably wish they are                    PRAHRAN AND MALVERN SECTION.
20 metre signals instead of mere human beings when                      A meeting of the above was held in the Malvern
it comes to spending 3 or 4 days or so in thc train                 Town Hall on Thursday evening, June 1rth, and
trip over—a distance which they can usually span                    there was a good attendance of members.
in about one hundredth of a second with thelr sig-                      A lecturette was given by Mr. Bishop on “Var-
nals.                                                               ious Circuits.” It was very interesting and instruc-
    From indications, however, their sojourn will be                tive, and was greatly appreciated by all who were
a spicey one, and will certainly provide ample re-                  present.
ward for any sort of a tiring trip.                                    As this branch embraces a large district, viz.,
   The convention itself is to last from August 7th                 Prahran and Malvern, we feel sure that there are a
to 1oth, and during this time the delegates’ atten-                 number of wireless “fans” who would join the club.
tion will be fully occupied for already about forty-                You arc invited to come along and improve )om
seven items have been put forward for the agenda                    knowledge of your set.
paper, covering every possible phase of institute ac
                                                                       The club has a receiving set under construction
tivity.
                                                                    which will be used for the benefit of members. The
    The forthcoming convention cannot fail to be of                 next meeting will be held in the Malvern Town
the greatest valuc to Australia’s Institute, and its                FHall on June 25th, at 8 p.m.
dccmons will be followed with close interest by all
                                                                            M. SNELIL, Hon. Press Correspondcnt,
                                                                                      14 St. Hubert’s Road, Carnegie.


                                                                         KEW AND HAWTHORN DISTRICT
                                                                                  SECTION.
                                                                       A meeting of the Kew and Hawthorn Radio
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                                                                    Club was held in the club’s room, Brougham Street,
                                                                    Kew, on Wednesday, June 1oth.
                                                                       Owing to the absence of Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Bry-
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                                                                    son was in the chair. - The silver cup, donated by
                                                                    “Radio Broadcast,” was won by the Kew and Haw-
                                                                    thorn Radio Club, who had the best exhibit in the
                                                                    Wireless Exhibition recently held at Wirth’s Park,
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                                                                    was presented to the members.     Various members
                                                                    were thanked for the exhibition of sets and help
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                                                                    given in the exhibition.   Mr. Neave (Collingwooc
                                                                    Club) gave a very instructive lecture on “Resis-
                                                                    tance of Receiving Aerials.”   The club has a good
                                                                    roll of members, but there is still room for plenty
                                                                    more.
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                                                                       Roll up: our next meeting is 24th June, 1923.
                                                                            H. W. B. BOWERS, Publicity Officer,     »
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