ON THE AIR

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 121, 12 August 1927, Page 14

ON THE AIR

New Zealand broadcasting stations transmit as follow: TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME IYA Auckland: 333 metres, 500 watts. 3 to 4.30 p.m., Afternoon concert; 6.30 p.m., children’s session, Tom Thumb; 1 7.15 p.m., news and information session; 7.30 p.m., talk on "Motoring,” by Mr. Geo. Campbell; 8 p.m., relay of concert from Messrs. John Court’s, Ltd.; soprano solo, Miss E. Bentley, “Thou Whose Leafy Shade” (Handel); bass solo, Mr. D. Black, “The King’s Own’’; contralto solos, Miss M. Green, (a) “When Daisies Pied,” (b) “Sometimes in Summer”; soprano solo, Miss E. Bentley, “One Fine Day,” from “Madame Butterfly” (Puccini); bass solo, Mr. D. Black, “Yeomen of England (German); contralto solo, Miss M. Green, “The Leaves and the Wind”; duets, Miss Bentley and Mr. Black, "Parted’’; 9 p.m., weather report; 9.1 to 10 p.m., organ recital, including Peer Gynt Suite (Greig) and duets by Mrs. Turley and Miss Blomfield, Mr. A. E. Wilson. * * * 2YA Wellington: 420 metres, 5,000 watts. 7.15 p.m., news session and market reports; 7.30 p.m., lecturette, Mr. T. Fletcher, "Rugby Football”; 8 p.m., concert by Studio Orchestra, Columbian Solo Six and vocalists. * * * 3YA Christchurch: 306 metres, 500 watts. 11.30 a.m., Description of Metropolitan Trotting Club’s meeting at Addington; 7.15 p.m., news and reports; 8 p.m., concert, including relay of orchestral selections from Strand Picture Theatre Quartet, under direction of Mr. Harry Ellwood; bass solo, Mr. W. J. Richards; mezzo-soprano solo. Miss Claris Holgate; tenor solo, Mr. W. Bradshaw; violin solo, Mr. Chas. McPeak, “Ave Maria” (Gounod); talk by Mr. J. K. Moloney on “Rugby”; mezzo-contralto solos, Miss Jessie Ewart, (a) “Waiata Poi,” (b) “Poltare Rare,” and "Waiata Maori”; piano solos, studio pianist, (a) “Romance” (Rubenstein), (b) “Valse Tendre” (Chaminade); violin solo, Mr. Charles McPeak, "Intermezzo” from “Cavalleria Rusticana” (Mascagni); piano of it, and also he wasn’t the sort of man who talks about his wife to other women. Probably Mrs. Methune understood this, for she said .gently prompting him, “Is it about Bessie?” His expression gave acquiescence, and she added, “I was afraid you’d have trouble there.” "Not exactly trouble,” Clayton said slowly. “But I think she knows.” Mrs. Methune nodded. “She’s known for a long time. A girl like Bessie Adams would never have accepted all you’ve done for her —that expensive flat for one thing—if she didn’t know you were her father. Has she said anything?” "No —not specifically. But I think somehow she’s got it into her head that you are her mother.” "Oh, la, la!” Both of them laughed, but it was abrupt mirth and soon gave place to seriousness again. "Do you know what has become of her mother?” Mrs. Methune asked. Clayton shook his head. "No—l never heard from her after I took the child away. I was wondering if you had?” But Mrs Methune shook her head, too. They both fell to musing for a moment. Those days of long ago when Raymond Clayton, a young, ambitious mining engineer, was seeking fortune in the Andes and finding it, fetched up ultimately in Rio where misfortune awaited him in the person of a reckless young cabaret dancer. At that time the beautiful Mrs. Gerald Methune had been the wife of an ardent explorer and with him had travelled to the upper reaches of the Amazon. Happy days for her! The Methunes, too, were in Rio when Clayton weighed in from his long trek, and it was inevitable that he should meet them.

"Gerald and I were so poor!” sighed Cora. "And you were so kind during his long illness and then—afterwards.” “It was you who were kind,” Clayton said slowly. Their eyes met. “No, I wasn’t. w After Gerald died and I knew* you had come to care for me, I wasn’t kind at all. Oh. I wish I had married you, Raymond! It would have saved us both such a lot of trouble.” She was thinking of his entanglement with Marenna, the lovely but wicked young Spaniard, and of the unfortunate child to whom had been given the prosaic English name of Elizabeth Adams; the child whose mother did not want her, and whom Mrs. Methune had taken back to England and found a nurse for on Clayton’s behalf. She was thinking, too, of her own stage career, taken up to provide herself with the means of livelihood—a career, which, although crowned with success, had had its thorns; then of her meeting with Lord Connover, young, impecunious, ardent and avaricious; of her precipitate, headlong fall into love and a secret marriage—secret, even from this old friend of hers, Raymond Clayton, whose own secrets she knew, and some of which she had shared inadvertently with her second husband. Connover had hinted that she could get money out of Raymond Clayton, and so she could —for the mere asking, not by blackmail. It was a source of constant bickering between her and Connover that she refused to do so. Clayton had been kind to her and Gerald Methune, and more than kind when Gerald’s death in a strange, almost savage country had left her destitute thousands of miles from home. Cora’s gratitude had a long memory. "About Bessie ” he said, apparently ignoring her little wail of regret. "What would you do in my place? You see—she hasn’t said anything, but 1 feel that she doesn’t like Nora; that she resents my marriage.” “That is an impertinence,” Mrs. Methune said firmly. "Bessie is devoted to you and makes an invaluable secretary, but you have dealt most generously by her, and she has no right to criticise anything you do. I should tell her the truth, if I were you. You rescued her from a mother who would have thrown her to the dogs.” "Aren’t you forgetting that Bessie is my child just as much as Marenna’s? Come —be fair. “I want to be fair. What do you suggest, then?” “I have nothing to suggest. I’m m rather a quandary. I haven’t told you everything yet. I’m afraid the child is falling in love.” "Bessie in love! Good gracious!” "It’s natural enough, isn’t it? She’s only twenty*-two.” Mrs. Methune shrugged her slender shoulders. "Of course—but I never thought of it, somehow. Who’s the man?” “And about the last person you would expect. A young parson, one of those East End mission chaps—the simple life, slums, cleaning up opium dens and instructing the youth of Limehouse in the gentle art of self-defence. As though they needed it! All that sort of thing.” "Oh! And ?” “Bessie met him through Nora’s sister with whom she’s come to be friendly.” "She needed a friend,” Mrs. Methune put in. “Quite so. I was glad of that. In fact, I encouraged it. The fellow’s name is Prester, and he used to be a curate at St. Mary’s-le-Riffe.” "Oh! That’s very strange, Raymond. James Prester is my brother.” (To be Continued.)

solo, studio pianist, "To the Spring” (Greig). 4YA Dunedin: 463 metres, 250 watts. 3 to 4.30 p.m., afternoon concert; 7 to 7.30 p.m., children’s session, Aunt Diana’s Sister; 8 to 10 p.m., studio concert; 8.45 p.m., address under auspices of W.E.A.; 9 p.m., dance music by Ern. Beacham and his orchestra from the Savoy. TO-MORROW 1 YA Auckland: 333 metres, 500 watts. 3 to 430 p.m., Afternoon concert; 7.15 p.m., news ana lnrormation session; 7.30 p.m., talk on “The Care of Your Car,” by “Gargoyle”; 8 p.m., relay of overture from Strand Theatre—Eve Bentley conducting: baritone solo, Mr. W. J. Meredith, (a) “A Rose and You,”’ (b) “The Treasure”; violin solos, Mr. P. Rogers, (a) “Souvenir,” (b) “Barcarolle,’’ from “Tales of Hoffman” (Offenbach); Griffiths Duo, popular numbers; baritone solo, Mr. W. J. Meredith, “Hine a Hine”; 9 P.m., sports results and weather report; 9.5 p.m., relay of dance music from Dixieland Cabaret by The Internationals, under Mr. Clyde Howley. * * * 2YA Wellington—--420 metres, 5,000 watts. 2.30 p.m., Description of football match, Athletic Park; 7.15 p.m., news; sports results and market reports; 8 p.m., instrumental, Studio Orchestra, “Ludcia Intermezzo”; pianoforte, Mr. F. Andrews, “Hop, Scotch Schottische’’; concertina, C. Pritchard, “Bells of St. Mary”; humorous songs, Mr. A. Chalk, “The Vicar’s Fancy Dress Ball”; Studio Orchestra, “Gavotte”; banjo duet, London Bros., “Tune Tonic”; concertina, C. Pritchard. “II Bacio”; Studio Orchestra, “No. 2 of Three Dream Dances”; 9.4 p.m., lecturette, O. F. Wheeler, “Parliament—A View from the Inside”; relay Charles Dalton’s Colombian Solo Six Dance Orchestra.- • * • 3YA Christchurch: 306 metres, 500 watts. 11.30 a.m., Description Canterbury Jockey Club’s meeting at Riccarton; 2.45 p.m., description Payne Trophy Rugby match at Lancaster Park; 6.30 p.m. f children’s session, by Uncle Jack; 7.15 p.m., news and reports; 7.30 p.m., sporting results; 8 p.m., relay of orchestral selections from Grand Picture Theatre Orchestra, under direction of Mrs. Black; humorous solo, Mr. Peter Thomson, “The Caretaker’s Daughter”: siffleur, Mr. A. Mizen, popular airs; mezzo-soprano solo, Miss Betty Millar, “Bonny Banks of Loch Lomond”; zither-banjo solos, Mr. Jack Oxley, (a) “White Coon’s Polka,” (b) “Bye, Bye, Blackbird”; humorous solos, Mr. C. O’Connor, (a) "Hi, Ho! The Merrio,” (b) “My Cutie’s Due at Two--to-Two"; mezzo-soprano solos, Miss Metty Millar, (a) "Always,” (b) “Yearning”; humorous solos, Mr. Peter Thomson, (a) “The Egg,” (b) “Glasgow Town”; relay of dance music from Caledonian Hall, by arrangement with Mr. Reg. Stillwell. 4YA Dunedin: 463 metres, 250 watts. Silent day. ACROSS THE TASMAN Australian broadcasting stations transmit as follow: 2BL Sydney: 353 metres, 5,000 watts. 5.45 p.m., G.P.O. clock and chimes; Uncle George and the kiddies; 6.30 p.m., studio programme; 7.15 p.m., country news from the "Sun”; 7.20 p.m., talk on the R.N.M.A., by Mr. Gregory; 7.30 p.m., talk on "Gardening Science,” by Cooper, Park Superintendent; 8 to 12 p.m., concert, including broadcasters’ topical chorus; the Versatile Two (piano and saxophone novelty); Miss Bertha Waters (soprano): Mr. Sydney Hollister (comedian); Mr. William Everard (tenor); broadcasters all sports expert on “Football”; broadcasters trio; Mr. Douglas Graham (Scotch comedian); Mr. Alfred Fitzhenry (elocutionist); and jazz music. 4QG Brisbane: 385 metres, 5,000 watts. 6 p.m., news and announcements; 6.30 p.m., bedtime story by "The Sandman”; 7.45 p.m., W.E.A. music class; 9.15 p.m., waltz, “Summer Secrets,” the Gaiety Theatre Orchestra; contralto solo, "I Hid My Love,” Miss Dorothy Brown; soprano solo, "Blackbird,” Mrs. Thelma Champion; soprano solo, "Calling Me Home to You,” Miss Vera Enwright; tenor solo, Mr. Roy Daniels; "Hungarian Dance” (Brahms), the Gaiety Theatre Orchestra; intermezzo, “In the Bungalow,” the Gaiety Theatre Orchestra. • * * 2FC Sydney:— 442 metres, 5,000 watts. 7.25 p.m., Talks to children by the “Hello Man”; dinner music; 8.40 p.m., news service; 9.40 p.m., concert programme, including orchestral relay; short talk on personalities by Mr. Brunton Gibb; selections by 2FC vocal quartette; vocal and instrumental items; dance music. + * * 3LO Melbourne: 371 metres, 5,000 watts. 7.30 p.m., Entertainment for children; 8.45 p.m., news service; 9.15 p.m., talk on “Rearing Calves and Foals,” by Mr. R. J. de Talbot, under auspices of Department of Agriculture; 10 p.m., concert programme, including selections by Collingwood Citizens’ Band; Elsa Stralia, soprano, songs; vocal and instrumental items; dance music. TO-MORROW 2BL Sydney: 353 metres, 5,000 watts. 7.25 p.m., Clock and chimes; Uncle George and the kiddies; 8.10 p.m., studio programme; 8.55 p.m., “Sun” news; 9.40 p.m., broadcasters’ topical chorus; musical items from the studio by the following artists:—Miss Elsa Drummond (soprano), Professor R. Woodhouse (tenor), King’s Mandolin Orchestra; 11.55 p.m., the Ambassadors’ Dance Band broadcast from the ballroom of the Ambassadors; during intervals between dances "Sun” news will be broadcast. 4QG Brisbane: 385 metres, 5,000 watts. S p.m., Bedtime stories for the children; 9.30 p.m., concert including instrumental trio, "Turksh March” (Beethoven); mezzo-soprano, “Homing,” Mr. W. F. Hamilton; violin solo, "Lievesfreud” (Kresler), Mss Hilda Bennett, duet, Mrs. Hamilton and Mr. Max Aronsten; pianoforte solo, “At the Donnybrook Fair,” Mr. Jack Ellis; baritone solo, “Morning,” Mr. Max Aronsten; vocal duet, “The Angel,” Mrs. Hamilton and Miss Bennett; instrumental trio, “Salut d’Amour”; 10.30 p.m., to 11.30 p.m., relay of dance music from Lennon’s ballroom. NOTES A lecture on Imperial Affairs prepared by the Prime Minister's Department is to be read from 2YA to-night. The series will be continued weekly on the following subjects: Imperial Conference, Naval Disarmament, the Singapore Base, Imperial Communications, the New Hebrides, the League of Nations, China, and Egypt, while further articles on such subjects as Russia, Albania, Tangier, Italy, Iraq, India, Turkey, and current events as they arise from time to time, will, it is hoped, continue the series indefinitely. These lecturettes are to be delivered at 9 p.m., each Friday. The owner of a short wave set across the harbour reports that the second harmonic of the private broadcasting station IZB can be received at good loud-speaker strength using two valves. This harmonic is in the vicinity of 60 metres. The Broadcasting Company is creating

a new position, that of Superintendent of Programmes. The general manager states that the present policy of each station preparing its own programmes will not be changed, but it will be the duty of the new official to revise, review and co-ordinate them according to a definite scheme. The general manager of the Broadcasting Company, Mr. A. R. Harris, announces that the company will shortly introduce a children’s session of at least one hour a day at all stations. The sessions, which will be under the control of an experienced principal and lady assistant, will commence at 6 o'clock. Mr. Harris also states that it is not intended that grownups should entertain for the whole of the time but that the children themselves should do their share. By this method it is expected that they will gain more benefit than by being entertained since their talent will be developed and their self-reliance increased.