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— TONIGHT’S PROGRAMMES. 2YA, Wellington. 570 k.c. ; 5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. (Daventry news at 6.15). 6.55: Weather report. 7.0: News. 7.28: Time signals. 7.40: Talk, “Books Grave and Gay.” 8.0: The Swingtime Harmonists. “They Say” (Heymann. Mann). Vocal trio, “Birdies in the Sycamore” (Gourley); “Sunrise Serenade” (Carle). Vocal trio, “White Sails” (Kennedy, Archer). 8.14: Arthur Young playing the Novachord, and Fela Sowande the Lafleur Theatre organ. “Yours For a Song” (Rose. Seusse). 8.17: Kenny Baker (tenor), “Stairway to the Stars” (Parish, Malneck). 8.20: The Harmowaiians (novelty instrumental!, “Hawaii. Sing to Me” (Loesser, Malneck); “Some of These Days” <Shelton. Brooks). 8.26: George Formby (comedy vocal), “Like the Big Pots Do" (Long). 8.29: The Swingtime Harmonists (instrumental), “Roses of Picardy” (Haydn Wood). Vocal trio, “South of the Border” (Kennedy, Carr); Instrumental. “Run, Rabbit. Run” (Gay. Butler): Vocal Trio. “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers” (Jcssel). 8.41: Kenny Baker (tenor). 8.44: The Harmowaiians (novelty instrumental), “Hula Blues” (Noble); “That Naughty Waltz” (Levy, Stanley). 8.50: Bob Hope and Shirley Ross (vocal duet). 8.53: Louis Levy and his Orchestra. “Joy ol Living” Film Selection (Kern). 9.0: Daventry news. 9.20: Weather report. Station notices. 9.25: Recital by Therle Oswin (piano) and Mary Martin (violin). Two interlinked French Folk Melodies (Ethel Smyth); Serenade (Delius); English Dance (Dale); Tango (Albeniz); “Moto Perpeluo” (Frank Bridge). 9.40: W. Roy Hill presents: “Lambeth Ways in Olden Days.” 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close of normal programme. (Daventry news. 11.30.)
2YC, Wellington. 840 k.c. 5.0-6.0 p.m.: Light music. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Chamber music hour. 9.0: Radio City Revels. 9.30: Popular variety recordings. 10.0: Light recitals by Mischa Dobrinski (violinist), James Macafl’erty (bass), and the Plaza Theatre Orchestra. 10.30: Close down. 2YD, Wellington. 990 k.c. 7.0 p.m.: Premiere. 7.35: “The Crimson Trail.” 7.46: Orchestra combinations from famous rendezvous. 8.7: “Thrills.” 8.20: The 2YD Singers. 8.40: “Dad and Dave from Snake Gully.” 8.52: “Console-ation: The Organist’s Point, of View.” 9.5: “A Soldier of Fortune.” 9.30: Of modern rhythm. 10.0: Close down. IYA, Auckland. 650 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. (Daventry news at 6.15.) 6.55: Weather report. 7.0: News. 7.10: News and reports. 7.30: Winter Course Talk, by Rev. A. B. Chappell: “Our Early Colonists” (6). 8.0: “Mr Chalmers, K.C.” 8.15: “Wandering With the West Wind.” 8.45: “The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s.” 9.0: Daventry news. 9.20: Weather report. Station notices. 9.25: The Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards, “Hands Across the Sea” March (Sousa). 9.34: “Dad and Dave.” 9.47: Peter Dawson (bass-bari-tone), “I Heard a Forest Praying” (de Rose); “I’ll Walk Beside You” (Murray). 9.53: Regt. Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards. “March of the Little Fauns” (Pierne); “Golliwog’s Cake Walk” (Debussy). Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards. “Under the Double Eagle” March (Sousa). 10.0: Jan Savitt and his Tophatters. 11.0: Close of normal programme. (Daventry news, 11.30.)
3YA, Christchurch. 720 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 5.45: Dinner music. (Daventry news at G. 15). G. 55: Weather report. 7.0: News. 7.35: Agricultural talk. 8.0: “The Adventures of Marco Polo.” 8.15: “The Mystery of a Hansom Cab.” 8.29: “Coronets of England—The Life of Henry VIII.” 9.0: Daventry news. 9.20: Weather report. Station notices. 9.25: “Night Chib.” 10.0: Dance music. 11.0: Close of normal programme. (Daventry news, 11.30.) 4YA, Dunedin. 790 k.c. 5.0: Children's session. 5.45: Dinner music. (Daventry news at. G. 15). 6.55: Weather report. 7.0: News. 7.30 (approx.): Gardening talk. 8.0: London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. Faust Overture (Wagner). 8.14: Richard Tauber (tenor), “The Clock” (Loewe): “It Must Be a Wondrous Thing” (Liszt): “The Night" (Rubinsteinl. 8.24: The Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. “The Fair Maid of Perth” Suite (Bizet). 8.40: Pianoforte re-' cital by Clifford Huntsman: Prelude and Fugue in A Flat (Bach): “Ballade" (Debussy); “Dance from La Boutique Fantasque” (Rossini); Serenade (Strauss). 8.55: The Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. “Legende,” Op. 59. No. 3 (Dvorak). 9.0: Daventry nows. 9.20: Weather report. Station notices. 9.25: The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Robert Kajanus. Symphony No. 1 in E Minor (Sibelius). 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close of normal programme. (Daventry news, 11.30). Empire Programme. War news will be broadcast from Daventry at Ihe following New Zealand times: 6 a.m., 7; 12.30 p.m., 4. 6.15, 9, 11.30. Transmission One from Daventry (directed to Australia. New Zealand and Oceania). 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. GSB. 31.55 m. (6 p.m. to 7 p.m.); CSC. 31.22 m. <6 p.m. to 6.45 p.m.); GSE. 25.29 m. (from 7.15 p.in.): GSF. 19.82 m. (from 8.30 p.m.): GSI. 19.6 G m.; GSP. 19.G0 m. (from 7 p.m.).
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