THURSDAY NATIONAL

New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 5, 28 July 1939, Page 31

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AUGUST 3

WW. AUCKLAND 650 k.c. 462 m. 7. Oam. Physical exercises 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 9. 0 Close down 10. O Devotional Service 10.15 Selected recordings 11. O Talk to women by "Margaret" 11.10 Selected recordings 12. O Lunch music 12.30 p.m. Mid-week Service, relayed from St. Matthew’s Church 12.50 Lunch music 2. O Selected recordings 2.30 Classical hour 3.15 Sports results 3.30 TALK, prepared by the Association for Country Education, Home Science Tutorial Section of the University of Otago: "WHEN THERE’S MEAT ON THE MENU " 3.45 Light musical programme 4. 0 Special weather report for farmers 4.30 Sports results 6. 0 Children’s session, conducted by " Cinderella " 6. 0 DINNER MUSIC: " Mérning, Noon and Night in Vienna" (Suppe); "The Chorister’s Dream" (Ward); " Chanson De Matin" (Elgar); "Intermezzo Pizzicato’’ (Montague Birch); " Finckiana"’ (a Fantasia on the Works of Herman Finck); "For Love Alone" (Thayer); "‘ Portrait of a Toy Soldier" (Ewing); ‘‘ Leo Fall" (Potpourri) (arr. Dostal); * Crocus Time" (de La Riviere; " L'Arlesienne Suite, No. 4)’ Adagietto (Bizet); ‘‘Kamarinskaja’ (Glinka); "Marche Hongroise"’ (Berlioz). 7. 0 NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS (approx.) f 7.30 WINTER COURSE TALK: | "New Zealand a Century Ago: ‘Life in a Pioneer Commun-ity-Social Conditions in the eee " Professor J. Rutherfor 8. 0 CONCERT PROGRAMME Mr. Chalmers, K.C. — "The Finlay Case" (episode 4) A ‘"‘not guilty’ verdict for any innocent elient is the motto of Royston Chalmers; K.C, Barrister and détective combined, he solves some apparently insolvable mysteries. 8.15 Wandering with the West Wind Journeying the highways and byways of: the world with that cheery soul, the Wayfarer. 8.45 The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s 8. O Weather report and station notices 9.5 TALK: "THEM WAS THE ' DAYS"-OLD THAMES, by Julius Hogben é 9.20 A _ studio concert by the AUCKLAND ARTILLERY

9.31 9.44 9.48 9.51 10. 0 11. 0 BAND, conducted by Captain George Buckley The band, "Poet and Peasant " Overture Suppe "On Wings of Song." (Cornet Solo) (Mendelssohn).: Soloist: Gardner Jones-Parry Dad and Dave The band, "Chanson Indoue ’’-Morceau Rimsky-Korsakov Nino Martini (tenor), " Midnight in Paris " Magidson The band, "Memories of Weber." Grand Contest Selection arr. Rimmer "The Regiment’s Favourite" -March’ ........:.+- Losey Jan Savitt and his Orchestra. An hour. of modern dance music by this popular American combination, with interludes on the Hammond org by Milt. Herth . CLOSE DOWN TK Bee ate 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Light musical programme 7.0 8. 0 8. 8 8.15 8.31 8.40. 92.0 40.30 After dinner music Chamber music hour: London Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Bernard, " Capriol Suite" (Warlock) Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), "In the Boat" (Grieg), "A Swan" (Griég) Beatrice Harrison (cello) and Harold Craxton (piano), ‘* Sonata for ’Cello and Piano". (Delius) Nancy Evans (contralto), ‘" The. Scribe," .‘"‘ Nine of the Clock 0," "All "Night Under the _ Moon’" (Gurney) Griller String Quartet, s Quartet in A" (Armstrong Gibbs) Classical recitals Merry and bright | Close ‘down

aN WELLINGTON 570 k.c. 526 m. 6.50 a.m. Weather report for . aviators Au® 7.10 9. 0 10. 0 10.10 Physical exercises BREAKFAST SESSION Close down Weather report for aviators Devotional Service 10.25 Recordings 10.281t010.30 Time signals 10.45 Talk to women by "Margaret" 12. O Lunch music 1. Op.m. Weather report for aviators. 1.30_ EDUCATIONAL SESSION: _ "The Changing World," by the Schoo] Reporter 1.42 "N.Z. History: Dramatisation" (4), by R. Hogg 155 "Animals at Home" (3), by D. W. McKenzie 2.13 "Exploring New Zealand" (1), by A. H. Scotney BROADCAST OF PROCEEDINGS FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 5.30 Children’s session for tiny tots 6. 0 DINNER SESSION: " From the Welsh Hills"’ Selection (arr. Walter); °° Paraphrase on Paderewski's Minuet"’’ (arr. Kreisler); ‘ Berceuse. De Jocelyn’ (Godard); "Intermezzo" (Brahms); " Memories of Sweden". (Heinecke); ‘No More Heartaches, No More Tears" (Waltace); "April Smiles’’. (Depret); *‘Serenade"’ (Schubert); ‘Chu Chin Chow" Selection (Norton); "Wedding Dance Waltz’’ (Lincke); " Midnight, the Stars and You’’ (Connelly); ‘" Ballade in G Minor" (Brahins); °° Lysistrata’ Waltz (Lincke); "Aloha Oe-Hawaiian Serenade" (Liliuokalani); Waltz Memories’ (Lumbye). 7. 0 OFFICIAL NEWS SERVICE ISSUED... BY. sl bik PREM E MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS (approx.) 7.28to 7.30 Time signals BROADCAST OF PROCEEDINGS FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 10.30 MUSIC, MIRTH, AND MELODY 11. 0 CLOSE DOWN " Sweet

V4 WELLINGTON 2 840 k.c, 357m. 2.30 p.m. Classical music 3. 0 Selected recordings Sports results 3.30 Weather forecast for farmers, and frost forecast for Canterbury and Otago 4 0 Sports results Children’s session for tiny tots Light musical programme Close down After dinner music "Who’s Who and What’s What?" A ramble in the news by "Coranto " Talk, our Motoring Expert NNO OT Sceoso

8. 0 Popular programme Recordings: The Saville Theatre Orchestra with Adele. Dixon, conducted by Billy Mayerl, "Over She Goes" Selection (Eyton-Carter-Mayerl) After an orthodox musical education at the Trinity College of Music and a series of classical recitals covering three years, Billy Mayerl became interested in jazz. For five years he was solo pianist with the Savoy Havana Band. It was during this time that he became universally known as one of the most brilliant syncopated: pianists of the age. Mayer! is the author of numerous piano manuals, transcriptions, and instruction books, and is a prolitic composer, 8.10 "The Rich Uncle from Fiji" (episodes 67 and 68) Wherein Unecle’dim, of Fiji, gives his niece and nephew some practical lessons in the art of living in comfort on no money at all. 8.22 F.J. Woodham (mouth organ) "Selection of Popular Airs" (arr. Woodham), " Popular Band Marches" (arr. Kennett) 8.28 Recordings: Dick Todd (baritone), "In Old Oklahoma" (Tomlin), " Gardenias" (Lawrence Nielsen Milton) 8.34 F. J. Woodham (mouth organ) "Believe Me if All Those Endearing Young Charms" (Moore), "Danny Boy," "Annie Laurie," "Blue Bells of Scotland " (traditional) 8.40 "Just a Job of Work." An interview with a newspaper sub-editor ~ ; The Sub-editor of a newspaper is like the first officer of a ship. The Editor is the Captain. The Sub-editor sees that ‘ copy " is in order and makes up the paper. He is probably the most. hard-worked person in the office, and, if his paper is a morning paper, he keeps outlandish hours. 9. 0 Weather report and statio notices 9. 5 Ringside description of the Boxing Match (relayed from the Town Hall) 10. O Music, mirth and melody (approx.) 10.30 Close down

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SV CHRISTCHURCH 720 k.c. 416m. 7. Oa.m. Physical exercises 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 9. 0 Close down 10. O Selected recordings 10.30 D-votional Service 10.45 Selected recordings 11. 0 Talk to Women by "Margaret" 11.10 Selected recordings 11.15 TALK (under the auspices of the Christchurch Branch of the National Council of Women) 11.30 Selected recordings 12. 0 Lunch music 2. Op.m. Selected recordings 2.30 TALK, prepared by the As-. sociation for Country Educa- | tion, Home Science Tutorial Section: "WHEN THERE’S MEAT ON THE MENU" %. O Classical musi: 4. 0 Frost and special weather Forecast and light musical programme 4.30 Sports results 5. O Children’s hour, conducted by the Organiser @. 0 DINNER MUSIC: "Poet and Peasant’’ Overture (Suppe); "The Rosary" (Nevin); " Reve D'Amour" (Becce); " Kiss Me Again’’ (Herbert); "A Fairy Ballet’’ (White); "‘From the Land of the Sky Blue Water" (Cadman); " Ballroom Memories"’ (arr. Robrecht); ‘ Barcarolle" (Offenbach); "‘ Scene De Ballet"’ (de Beriot); "March of the Dwarfs" (Grieg); "Serenata Siciliana" (Becce); ‘‘Rippling Streams" (Gennin); " Peer Gynt" Anitra’s Dance (Grieg); "‘ Raindrops" (de la Riviere); "By the Sleepy Lagoon" (Coates). 7. 0 OFFICIAL NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.16 NEWS AND REPORTS 7.35 Review ot the Journal of Agriculture 8.0 "The Yoman in White" A dramatisation of Wilkie Collins’ thriller, by George Edwards and Company 8.14 Recordings: Fred Hartley’s Quintet, "The Fairies’ Gavotte". Kohn

8.17 8.30 8.33 8.45 8.48 9.20 11. 0 "Night Nurse" Drama in a great hospital. A James Raglan production Fred Hartley’s Quintet, "Toselli Serenade" Toselli »"» Dramatic feature: " Thrills Fred Hartley’s Quintet, "The Second Serenade" Heykens "Personal Column" Drama from the agony column of a newspaper Weather forecast and station notices TALK, by Leicester Webb: " WORLD AFFAIRS" DANCE MUSIC CLOSE DOWN SIVA CHRISTCHURCH 1200 k.c. 250m. 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Recordings 7. 0 8. 0 8.32 8.41 8.48 8.57 9. 0 9.30 9.44 10. 0 10.30 After dinner music Band music * Songs That Have Sold a Million" Market Day in a Japanese Town Songs from Josef Schmidt Serenade No. 4 old favourites from musical comedy David Copperfield (episode 15) Celebrity session Mirthful moments Close down

AYA DUNEDIN 790 k.c. 380 m. | 6.50a.m. Weather report for | aviators 7. O Physical exercises 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 9. 0 Close down 10. O Weather report for aviators Selected recordings 10.15 Devotional Service 10.50 Talk to women by "Margaret" 12. 0 Lunch music 1. Op.m. Weather report for aviators Weather forecast 1.30 EDUCATIONAL SESSION (rebroadcast from 2YA): "The Changing World," by the School Reporter 142 "N.Z. History: Dramatisation" (4), by R. Hogg 155 "Animals at Home" (3), by D. W. McKenzie 2.13 "Exploring New Zealand" (1), by A. H. Scotney 2.30 Selected recordings 3.30 Sports resulis Classical music 4. Q Weather report and special frost forecast 4.30 Light musical programme 4.45 Sports results 5. O Children’s hour, conducted by Big Brother Bill 6.0 DINNER MUSIC: "At the Tschaikouski Fountain" (arr. Urbach); "I Love You- You Love Me" (Lehar); ‘"" The Garden of Sleep’’ (de Lara); " San Remo" (Hummer); " Gitana, Gitana" (Paso Doble) (Romero); "‘ Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 2" (Liszt); " Viennese Waltz Medley (Strauss); " Fifinetie’’ (Fletcher); "Le Chula de Granada" (Salina); " The Nightingate and the Rose" (Rimsky-Korsa-kov);* Old England" (arr, Krish); " The Juggler’ (Groitzsch); " Schatz" (Strauss); " Procession of the Sirdar" (lppolitovIvanov). 7. © NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS (approx.) 7.30 GARDENING TALK 8. 0 Record: The London Philharmonie Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham, "The Thieving Magpie" OverPUPE oo ceeeceee sees Rossini 8.10 Heinrich Schlusnus (baritone) "On the Lake" .... Brahms "The Message" .... Brahms "Secret Invitation " R. Strauss

Orchestra, conducted by Antal ) Dorati, "Ballet Suite: Jeux D’Enfants" Bizet 8.35 Man Through the Ages: "NAPOLEON." A historical panoramic serial written by James J. Donnelly, and produced by the National Broadcasting Service 9. 0 Weather report and station notices 9. 5 Gladys Moncrieff, Australia’s Queen of Song. Gil Dech at | the piano: | "Twilight Fancies" .. Delius | "The Nightingale" .. Delius "In the Silence of Night" | Rachmaninoff "Solveig’s Song" .... Grieg 9.17 Recordings: The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir | Landon Ronald, "Chopiniana"..arr. Glazounov (a) Nocturne, (b) Tarantelle "Coronation March" .. Elgar (Composed for the Coronation of H.M. King George V., 1921) 9.33 Yehudi Menuhin (violin), "Slavonic Dance in E Minor" Dvorak-Kreisler "Hungarian Dance No. 4 in B Minor" .. Brahms-Joachim 9.41 Egon Petri (pianist) and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Leslie Heward, "CONCERTO No. 2 IN A OES O° $e Pe Pere This work has been described by the American critic, William Foster Apthorp as a symphonic poem for pianoforte and orchestra, with the sub-title " The Life and Adventures of a Melody." Before its actual publication in 1863 Liszt twice revised it. It was dedicated to Hans von Bronsart, to whom it owed its first performance at Weimar, on January 1, 1857. It has more affinity to the symphonic poem than to the classical concerto, 10.0 MUSIC, MIRTH AND MELODY 11. 0 CLOSE DOWN DUNEDIN ay 1140 k.c. 263 m. 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Kecordings 7. 0 After dinner music 8. 0 ‘Rosalie and Her Romances" 8.33 Variety 9. O ‘Night Nurse" 9.30 ‘* The Homestead on the Rise" 10. 0 In order of appearance: Frank Luther (baritone), Raphael (conoot The Lang-Worth Fourome : | 10.30 Close down

August 3

aw INVERCARGILL 680k.c. 441 m. 7. 0-9.0a.m. Breakfast session 11. 0 12. 0 Programme of recordings Luncheon session 1.30-2.30 p.m. Educational session from 2YA 5. 0 5.30 5.45 6.15 6.30 6.45 7. 0 7.30 8. 0 8.15 8.45 9. 0 9.10 10. 0 Danee music Children’s session: "David and Dawn" Light music " Personal Column" Songs of Spring The Woman in White After dinner music Station announcements Book talk by H. B. Farnall, city librarian New dance releases "'The Hunchback of Notre Dame" Instrumental interlude Community sing from Civie Theatre Close down

SZ Sena 7. Oa.m. Breakfast session Morning programme 10. 0-10.10 Weather report 12. 0 Luncheon music 41. Op.m. Weather report 1.30-2.30 Educational session from 2YA 3. 0 4.30 5. 0 5.30 6. 0 6.30 7. 0 y & b- 3 7.20 7.23 7.26 7.30 7.43 7.49 8. 0 8.30 8.46 8.57 9. 6 9.30 10. 0 Afternoon programme Weather and shipping news Children’s session, David and Dawn Variety Dinner music News and reports "A Night at the Hungaria" "Marie Antoinette" (episode 3) Lani McIntire and his Hawaiians Ray kinney (vocalist) Sol Hoopii and his Novelty Five "Rhythm All the Time" Charlie Kunz piano medley Dad and Dave (episode 70) Adolf Busch (violin), Rudolf Serkin (piano), "Sonata in F Major" (Beethoven) * "In the Sports Club" interviewing Ken Tory, Canadian ice hockey expert Songs of the sea Archibald Joyce waltzes In the mystery club Do you remember? Close down OV in) HAPleR, 7. 0-9.0a.m. Breakfast session 11. 0 12. 0-2.0 p.m. Lunch session 5. 0 5.30 6. 0 6.15 6.45 7. 0 7.15 8. 0 8.22 9. 0 10. 0 Light music Light musical programme Uncle Ed and Aunt Gwen Pinto Pete Light music Dad and Dave After dinner music Inspector Scott of Scotland Yard: "The Case of the Mongul Emerald’ Light instrumental and vocal numbers Radio play: "Behind the News," | by ‘ Taffrail."" A drama of the sea Light variety entertainment Close down :

2 Y N 920k.c. 327m. 7. Op.m. Miscellaneous light music 8. 0 Concert programme of chamber music, opening with " Quartet in E Minor " (Beethoven), Budapest String Quartet 9. 0 His Last Plunge (19) 9.16 Humorous interlude 9.30 Dance music played in. correct tempo 10. O Close down

2QW/ WELLINGTON 990 k.c. 303 m. 7. Op.m. Ragtime marches on 7.35 7.46 8. 0 8.20 8.40 8.45 9.10 9.25 9.40 10. 0 The Crimson Trail Ensemble: Orchestral combination The Old-Time The-Ayter: "The Poor Orphan" or "The Riches of Love " 2YD singers 2YD trailer Khyber and Beyond (chapter 15) Piccadilly on Parade: Featuring leading artists of English radio, Stage and screen ** Console-Action," from the organist’s point of view Youth must have its swing: Weekly session of modern rhythm for swing enthusiasts; conducted by " Radiogram " Close down |Z AUCKLAND 1250k.c, 240 m. 5. Op.m. Light orchestral and popular 6.45 7.0 7.45 selections News, announcements Sports session, " Bill" Hendry Drama in Cameo: " Sublime Faith" Concert session Old-time dance Close down