RADIO PROGRAMME

Hokitika Guardian, 2 June 1931, Page 8

RADIO PROGRAMME

(Supplied by the Radio Broadcasting Company of N.Z. Ltd.) TUESDAY, JUNE 2nd. The speaker for the International Programme at IYA this evening, will be “Lee Fore Brace,” his subject being “Sea Power and Freedom.” Tlie 2YA studio programme will be of the popular type. The Lyric Quartet will again delight listeners with n budget of popular quartettes, duets and solos, all sung with orchestral accompaniment. Miss Christin a Ormiston (soprano) will be heard in ‘‘Nightfall at Sea,” “If We Sailed Away,” “Butterfly Wings,” three songs by Phillips, and “Serenade” by Gounod. Mi’s Mildred Kenny a nd her Mandolin Orchestra will he heard in a number of (popular and up-to-date, melodies. The Salon Orchestra will supply the incidental music and suitable records will be included in the programme. There will be a band programme from 4YA. This will be provided by the St. Ki-lda Band, under Mr James Dixon. The Orpheus Four, a male combination, Miss Evelyn Shepard (soprano) and Mr J. A. Paterson (Scottish humorist) will contribute vocal .numbers. The quartette numbers will be “Winter Song,” “Albion's Boat,” “Jolly Blacksmith,” “Coy Gillian,” “A Stream of Silver Sunshine” and ‘‘The Day’s Farewell.” As a bass solo, Air H. M’AUuni will sing “The Last Call.” Silent day at 3YA. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3rd. “Treasure Island,” a radio play' based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s story of that name, will be produced « at IYA. ’this evening by the Auckland. Comedy Players under the direction j of Mr J. F. Afontague. The studio j presentation will be complete with all the appropriate noises aiul effects. | Preceding the play will be a brief miscellaneous concert. j 2YA’ will be broadcasting another instalment of the overseas programme. The speaker will be l)r Guy H. Scbolefield. To-day being the anniversary, of the King’s Birthday, a programme befitting tile occasion will be broadcast by 3YA. Items representative of all parts of the Empire will be given. New Zealand will lie represented by “The Far Outpost” (by a Christchurch composer) and Australia with “F°r England” composed by a Victorian officer who was killed in - the war. Hotli these songs will be interpreted by Al l' Tom Charters, who owns the o'dy copies. Air Charters will aDo sing “The Dover patrol.” English, Irish and Scottish songs will, of course, feature the evening’s programme. sung by Airs S. AL Williamson and Air Leslie Fleming. Welsh and Irish melodies will be played by Ali H. G. Glaysher, harpist. Scottish humour will be dispensed by Air H. Tnstone. The Studio Octet will provide orchestral music. The choir of the South Dunedin Presbyterian Church, conducted by Air L. A. Adams, will provide the. vocal portion of 4YA’s programme. This choir is a splendid combination, and its numbers will l>e' a treat for listeners. Part-songs, quartettes, duets and solos will bo sung. The instrumental portion of the programme will be provided by Air J. A. Wallace ( violinist), Air M«x Scherek (pianist) and the 4YA Trio.