OVER THE AIR.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20268, 10 August 1937, Page 10

OVER THE AIR.

RADIO PROGRAMMES.

TO-NIGHT’S BROADCASTS.

The following programmes will be broadcast by the New Zealand national stations this evening:—

IYA Auckland.—7.o, talk by the Hon. H. G. R. Mason, “Making the Roads Safer” (national talk); 7.10, news and reports; 7.30, talk, the Gardening Expert, “ Sprays—Their Mixing and Application”; 8.0, concert programme; recording, Roy Fox’s Band; 8.5, “A Great Land Navigator,” being a further episode In the lives of a Japanese houseboy and his' employer; 8.18, Tino Rossi (tenor); 8.24, “ Dust of the Ages,” a dramatic play, “ Saladin,” one of a series of short plays dealing with world events and personalities throughout the ages; 8.37, Jacli Buchanan with Bruce Carfax Trio and Orchestra; 8.45, “Eb and Zeb,” the country storekeepers, in another humorous episode; 8.54, Casanl Club Orchestra; 9.0, weather; station notices; 9.5, reserved; 9.20,■dance music; 11.0, close down.

2YA Wellington.—7.o, talk by the Hon. H. G. R. Mason, “Making the Roads Safer ” (national talk) ; 7.10, news and reports; 7.30, time signals; 8.0, ohimes; a programme featuring the Budapest String Quartet (Josef Roismann, Alexander Schneider, Boris Kroyt and Mischa Schneider), Mary Pratt (New Zealand contralto) ; recording, Sir Henry J. Wood, conducting the London Symphony Orchestra; 8.10, Lotte Lehmann (soprano) ; 8.16, Bronislaw Huberman (violin), and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, ‘conducted by Dobroweq; 8.40, talk, Mr A. H. Cockayne, Director-General of Agriculture, “ Review of Development in Grassland Farming”; 9.0, weather; station notices; 9.5, the Budapest String Quartet; 9.40,, Mary Pratt (contralto) presents a Gipsy Song Cycle by Brahms; 9.54, recording, Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra; 10.0, music, mirth and melody; 11.0, close down.

3YA Christchurch.—7.o, talk by the Hon. H. G. R. Mason, “ Making the Roads Safer” (national talk); 7.10, news and reports; 7.30, time signal; 7.35, talk, Mr E. J. Bell, “Books”; 8.0, chimes; continuity hour featuring “They’re -OffI” romance of the Blue Riband of the Turf, the English Derby; 9.0, weather; station notices; 9.5, “ Serving the Public,” a conversation between one of the public anu a railway engine-driver; 9.20, recordings, the Chenil Orchestra; 9.26, "A Bullet-proof Jacket,” a further episode in the lives of a Japanese houseboy and his employer; 9.41, Orchestra Mascotte; 9.45, a quarter of an hour with the “ Kingsmen,” radio’s roval quartet; 10.0, “Get Rhythm in Your Feet,” an hour of popular dance numbers; 11.0, 'close down.

4YA Dunedin.—7.o, talk by the Hon. H. G. R. Mason, “ Making the Roads Safer” (national talk); 7.10, news and reports; 7.30, a talk by Professor F. G. Soper, “ This Changing World—The Discovery of Neon”; 8.0, chimes; miscellaneous recorded programme; the Corona Babes; 8.8, Reginald Dixon (organ); 8.14, Oliver Wakefield (humour) ; 8.17, ’ Albert Sandler and his Orchestra; 8.25, the Rocky Mountaineers; 8.28, the London Piano-Accordion 'Band; 8.31, Nelson Keys and Ivy St. Heller; 8.37, Pipes and Drums of 2nd Battalion Scots Guards; 8.40, talk by J. Gordon Allard, “Bridge”; 9.0, weather; station notices; 9.5, a concert by the St. Ivilda Band, conducted by L. Francis, with vocal and humorous Interludes; 9.17, recordings, Brian Lawrence (baritone); 9.23, the Band; 9.32, “ Eb and Zeb,” the country storekeepers, In another humorous episode; 9.41, the Band; 9.50, recordings, Brian Lawrence (baritone); 9.56, the 'Band; 10.0, musl'o, mirth and melody; 11.0, close down.