THURSDAY NATIONAL

New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 17, 20 October 1939, Page 35

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NY AUCKLAND 650 k.c. 462 m. 7. 0 7.10 9. 0 10. 0 40.15 11. 0 11.10 12. 0 2. 0 2.30 3.45 4.0 4.30 5.45 — a.m. Physical exercises BREAKFAST SESSION Close down Devotional Service, conducted by Rev. G. Moreton Selected recordings Talk to women by " Margaret " Selected recordings Lunch music Selected recordings Classical hour 3.15 Sports Results TALK, prepared by the Association for Country Education, Home Science Tutorial Section of the University of Otago: "MEALS FOR THE SCHOOL CHILD" Light musical programme Special weather report for farmers TALK, under the auspices of the St. John Ambulance Association Children’s session, conducted by " Cinderella" and " Uncle Alec," with the special recorded feature: " Little Women," a dramatisation of the book by Louisa M. Alcott. (episode 10): DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption by re-broadcasts) "The Geisha’ (Jones); "The Door Of Her Dreams" (Harbach Hammerstein Friml); "Dubinuschka" (Schirmann); "At Dawning" (Cadman); "‘Liebeslieder’ (Strauss); ‘Give Me Your Heart" (Gade); "Evening Song" (Schumann); "Bal Masque’ (Fletcher); "German Dances" (Schubert); "Symphonic Waltz Suite’ (Melichar); "P and O Polka’ (Bucalossi); "A Sunday Afternoon" (Ketelbey); "Cradle Song," "Waltz in A Flat" (Brahms); "River Reveries." 7.0 NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S| DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRE--LESS NEWS "740 Talk on the Centennial Ex-_ (approx.) hibition (National broadcast) (7-15 NEWS AND REPORTS 7.30 WINTER COURSE TALK: "Man and the Atom, or the. Nature of Things" (2) "The Architecture of the Atom," Dr. Dennis Brown Concert programme a * Mr. Chalmers, K.C.: " The Inquest Case" (Chapter 4) Barrister-detective No. 1 — Royston Chalmers, K.C.; the barrister who never accepts a brief unless he is certain of his

client’s innocence; the detective who, with the assistance of the’ faithful Hamilton, goes out to secure his own evidence, often after the police have confessed themselves baffled; the barrister who never fails to secure a "not guilt@’ verdict for his innocent client. 8.15 "Wandering with the West Wind" That foot-loose, genial artist, the Wayfarer, takes us for another ramble along the world’s highways and byways. 8.45 "The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s" 9. O Reserved 9.20 Weather report and station notices 9.25 Studio concert by the Auckland Waterside Workers’ Union Band, conducted by J. H. Deighton, The Band, "The Hussar" March Greendale "Deep Harmony" Broadhead 9.35 "Dad and Dave" 9.48 The band, "Two Jolly Boys" (Cornet duet with band accompaniMent) .ivececcéuces Easel 9.54 Recording, Margaret Sheridan (soprano), "The Meeting of the Waters" Moore Margaret Sheridan was born in County Mayo, Ireland. She studied at the Royal Academy in London, and afterwards in Rome, where she made her debut in Puccini's ‘ Boheme" in the spring of 1919. In the summer of 1919 she sang at Covent Garden in ‘" Butterfly’ and ‘" Iris." During the same year she was at the San Carlo of Naples and was immediately engaged for La Scala, Milan, where she sang during three successive seasons. In. the complete recorded version of Puccini’s "Madam Butterfly," which ise heard from time to time from the NBS Stations, she is associated with Lionello Cecil, the Australian tenor, 9.57 The band, "Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna" (Overture) . Suppe 10.5 DANCE MUSIC, by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, and Bob Crosby and His Orchestra, with vocal interludes by Bing Crosby 10.45 Reserved 10.50 Continuation of dance music 11. 0 CLOSE DOWN | Y 880k.c. 341m. 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Light music 7. O After dinner music 8. 0 Chamber music hour: May Harrison (violin) and Arnold Bax (piano), . * Sonata No. 1" (Delius) 8.18 Parry Jones (tenor): Four songs by Peter spa 8.30 Reginald Paul ee Quartet, * Piano Quartet" (William Walton) 9. 0 Classical recitals 10. 0 Variety 10.30 Close down

AY | WELLINGTON 570 k.c, 526 m. 6.50 a.m. Weather report for aviators 7. O Physical exercises 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 9. 0 Close down 10. 0 Weather report for aviators 10.10 Devotional Service | 10.25 Recordings | 10.28to10.30 Time signals from | the Dominion Observatory 10.45 "BITS AND PIECES": Talk to women by " Isobel" (6) 12. 0 Lunch music 1. Op.m. Weather report for aviators 1.30 Educational session: "THE CHANGING WORLD" by the School Reporter 1.42 "The Merry-Go-Round" (episode 13) 1.55 "Homes, Life and Work in the East Indies" (3) by R. J. Waghorn 2.13 "Music" (8), by T. J. Young 2.30 Classical music 3. 0 Sports results Selected recordings 3.28 to 3.30 Time signals Weather forecast for farmers and frost forecast for Canterbury and Otago 4.0 Sports results 5. O Children’s session, conducted by Uncle Peter 5.45 DINNER SESSION: (Subject to interruption by re-broadcasts) ** Slavonic Dance No. { in C Major’ (Dvorak); "Cloches De Corneville’’ (Planquette); ‘"Minueto"’ (Bolzoni); "O Maiden My Maiden." (Lehar); "Waltz War Medley" (Melichar); ‘Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival" (Yoshitoma); "The Teddy Bear's Picnic" (Bratton); "Blue Pavilion" (Armandona); "Hedgeroses’’ (Lehar); ‘Fiorellini Fantasia’ (Strauss); ‘The Student Prince" (Romberg); "Wedding of the Winds" (Hall); "Moonlight on the Danube" (Gay); "Westminster" (Meditation) (Coates); "Rustle of Spring’ (Sinding); "Slavonic Dance No, 2 in E Minor’ (Dvorak). 7. 0 OFFICIAL NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 Talk on the Centennial Exhibition (National broadcast) (approx.) 7.16 NEWS AND REPORTS 7.28 to 7.30 Time signals "WHO’S WHO AND WHAT’S WHAT?": A ramble in the news, by * Coranto " 8. 0 CONCERT PROGRAMME Recording: The Shaftesbury Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Billy Mayerl, "Crazy Days" Selection Eyton-Carter-Mayerl

8.10 The Swingtime Harmonists: Vocal trio, "Giannina Mia" .... Friml Saxophone solo, "Midnight Bells" Heuberger Vocal trio, : "Polly" ....+.. Zamecnik " Sweet Hawaiian Chimes" McIntire Recording: The Hawaiian Club Quartet, " Song of the Islands" . King "The Rich Uncle from Fiji’ (episodes 91 and 92) Wherein Uncle Jim, of Fiji, gives his niece and nephew some practical lessons in the art of living on no money at all. 8.37 8.40 The Blue Hungarian Band, "Vienna, City of My Dreams" Sieczynski TALK: "Just a Job of Work," by an Architect To many people an architect is a person who draws a pretty plan and gets a fat fee for it. This architect will tell listeners how much more than that there is in his profession, 9. 0 9.20 9.25 Reserved Weather report and station notices Ringside description of the boxing match (relayed from the Town Hall) 10.0 MUSIC, MIRTH AND MELODY (approx.) 10.45 Reserved 10.50 Continuation of programme 11. 0 CLOSE DOWN AVG Mio itm 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Light music 7.0 After dinner music 8. 0 Chamber music hour, featuring at 9. 0 10. 0 10.30 8.25 p.m., " Quintet in EB Flat, for wind instruments and piano" (Mozart) " Everyman’s Music": An hour of light classical compositions As they come: Light recitals by Renara (pianist), James Melton (tenor), and Eugen Wolff and His Orchestra Close down

WHAT'S IN A HAME ? Here are some answers to the question asked in the first of the new series of talks to be heard from 2YA on Sunday, October 22, at 3 p.m: Greta Garbo was Greta Gustaffson. Fredric March was Frederick MclIntyre Bickle. Barbara Stanwyck was Ruby Stevens. Mary Pickford was Gladys Smith. Nancy Carroll was Nancy La Hiff.

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| 1 eteas . 720 k.c. 416m. 7. Oa:m. Physical exercises 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 9. 0 Close down 10.'0 Selected recordings 10.30 Devotional Service 10.45 Selected recordings 11. O 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. O Lunch music 2. Op.m. Selected recordings 2.30 TALK, prepared by the Association for Country Education, Home Science Tutorial Section: "MEALS FOR THE SCHOOL CHILD" 3. O Classical music 4. 0 Frost and special weather forecast and light musical programme "4.30 Sports results 5. O Children’s session 5.45 DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption by ‘ re-broadcasts) "Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna’ Suppe); "The Chorister’s Lream’ (Ward); | Chanson De Matin’ (Elgar); "Intermezzo izzicato"’ (Montague Birch); ‘‘Finckiana’; ‘or Love Alone’ (Thayer); "Portrait of a xy Soldier" (Ewing); "Leo Fall" (arr. ostal); "Crocus Time’ (de la Riviere); L’Arlestenne Suite, No. 1’’ (Bizet); ‘‘Kamainskaja" (Glinka); ‘"‘Marche Hongroise"’ Berlioz). 7. 0 OFFICIAL NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH IFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 740 Talk on the Centennial Exhibition (National broadcast) (approx.) 7.15 NEWS AND REPORTS 7.36 TALK, under the auspices of Canterbury Agricultural College, by J. W. Calder, M.Sc., B.Agr.: "Grass and Clover Seed Production" 8. 0 "The Woman in White." A ¢ dramatisation of Wilkie Collins’s* thriller: by George Edwards and Company ‘8A2 Serge. Krish Instrumental > Septet, | te 3 "Maria Mari" .... Di Capua 8.15 "Personal Column." Drama from the agony column of a newspaper

8.27 "The Twelve Labours of Hercules": The Stag of Cerynea Dranfatic series with a comedy flavour, produced by The National Broadcasting Service Despite its title, this series is by no means an excursion inta. mythology. It tells of a -young man named Hector Cousins, known» to his friends as " Hercules," who inherits five thousand pounds, and a family retainer, Bartholomew Stubbins. The worthy Hector undertakes to perform twelve.tasks similar to those of the mythical Hercules, in order to prove himself worthy of his flantee; and the help that Bartholomew is able to give leads us to believe that he was worth far more to Hector than the five thousand pounds. 9. 0 Reserved 9.20 Weather forecast and station notices 9.25 DANCE MUSIC 10.45 Reserved 10.50 Dance music 11. 0 CLOSE DOWN SHV A CHRISTCHURCH 1200 k.c. 250m. 5. .0-6.0 p.m. Recordings ’ 7. O After dinner music 8.0 Band’ programme, with spoken interludes 8.32 Gracie Fields and Lyle Evans: Vocal gems from " Show Boat" 8.38 Edith Lorand and Her Orchestra 8,41 -Richard Tauber ’ 8.47 Carroll Gibbons and His Boy Friends: (A selection from ‘ We’re Not Dressing "’) 8.52 Mien gems from ‘Music in the ; r? 9.0 "Jazzing the Classics" 9.30 David Copperfield (episode 27) 9.43 The Naughty ‘Nineties 9.55 ‘Voices of Spring" Waltz 10. 0 Comedy capers 10.30 Close down

g NY, DUNEDIN 90 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. O Lunch music 1. Op.m. Weather report for aviators Weather forecast 1.30 EDUCATIONAL SESSION: "The Changing World," by the School Reporter 1.42 "The Merry-go-Round," episode 13 1.55 " Homes, Life and Work in the East Indies" (3), by R. J. Waghorn 2.13 "Music" (8), by T. J. Young 2.30 Selected recordings 3.30 Sports results Classical music 4.0 Weather report and special frost forecast 4.30 Light musical programme 4.45 Sports results 5. O Children’s session, conducted by Big Brother Bill 5.45 DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption by re-broadcasts) "The Bartered Bride’ (Smetana); ‘‘Clog Dance" (Fetras); ""Norwegian Bridal Procession" (Grieg); "Pan and the Wood Goblins’ (Rothke); "Dance of the Comedians" (Smetana); "Flor Gitana’ (Ferraris); ‘‘Carmen" (Bizet); "A Gipsy Lament’’ (Rode); "The Roses’ (Metra); "Valse Triste’ Sibelius); "Memory" (Wright); "Serenade" (Moszkowski); "To A Wild Rose’ (MacDowell); "Die Fledermaus’ (Strauss); "Patience" (Sullivan).

7. 0 NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 Talk on the Centennial Exhibition (National broadcast) (approx.) 7.15, NEWS AND REPORTS . 7.30 GARDENING TALK 8. 0 Concert by the LAMOUREUX | CONCERT ORCHESTRA : Studio soloist: Mary Pratt (contralto) The Orchestra, conducted by" Albert Wolff, "Rhapsodie Viennoise " Schmitt 8.10 Vladimir Rosing (tenor), Songs of famous Russian composers: "Do Not Speak Beloved" Tschaikovski NS es Tschaikovski a Steppe " Gretchaninoff "Snowflakes" . Gretchaninoff "Rein S750) . Gretchaninoff 8.18 The conducted by Albert Wolff, " Namouna "-Suite de Ballet Lalo Edouard Lalo (1823-1892) was one of the founders of modern French music, In harmony and orchestration he anticipated such composers as Debussy, Dukas and adiIndy, who were deeply impressed with Lalo’s’ ballet "Namouna" when it first appeared in 1882. It is said that they knew the score by heart. Debussy was present at the first performance when the Ballet had a hostile reception. He indulged in such noisy but excusable enthusiasm that the usually gentle director of the Opera had him ejected. 8.43 Mary Pratt (contralto) in songs by Wolf: "Secrecy," " The Gardener," "Tramping," "How Many Hours I’ve Wasted " 8.52 The Orchestra, conducted by Albert Wolff, "Damnation of Faust" Berlioz 9. 0 Reserved 9.20 Weather report and station notices 9.25 Yehudi Menuhin and the Orchestra of the Paris Conservatorium, conducted by Georges Enesco, "Concerto in A Minor," Op. 53 Dvorak 10.0 MUSIC, MIRTH AND MELODY 10.45 Reserved — 10.50 Continuation of programme 11. 0 CLOSE DOWN 4} Y 1140 k.c, 263m, 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Recordings 7. QO After dinner music 8. 0 Rosalie and Her Romances" 8.30 Records at random: A programme of light music, interrupted at 9.0 for "Night Nurse’; and again at 9.30 for " The Homestead on the Rise" 10. 0 Three recitalists: Leslie Sarony (vocal comic}, Roy Smeck and His Serenaders, Frances Langford (light vocal) 10.30 Close down

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aw INVERCARGILL : 680k.c. 441 m. 7. Oa.m.: Breakfast session 9. 0-10.0 Morning programme 41. 0 Recordings 42. O Luncheon session 1.30-2.230 p.m. Educational session, from 2YA 5. O Dance music 5.30 Children’s session: ‘David and Dawn "’ 5.45 Band interlude 6. 0 ‘Personal Column" 6.15 Reserved ‘6.45 "The Moonstone" 7. 0 Re-broadcast of oficial news 7.10 After dinner music; 7.30, Station announcements 8. 0 Book talk by H. B. Farnall, City Librarian 8.15 "Khyber: Friend or Foe" 8.40 New dance releases 9. O Reserved 9.30 "tn the Sports Club with Trevor Berghan, All Black first flve-eighths in Australia, 1938. 9.43 Hitting the high spots 10. 0 Close down S22 GREYMOUTH 940k.c. 319m. 7. Oa.m. Breakfast session 9. 0 Morning programme 40. 0-10.10 Weather report 42. 0 Luncheon music 4. Op.m. Weather report 4.30-2.30 Educational session from 2YA 3.0 Afternoon programme 4,30. Weather and shipping news B: 0 "David -and Dawn in Fairyland" 5.30 Merry tunes 6. O Dinner music . : 6.30 After dinner music 7. 0 News. issued by the Prime Minister’s Department 7.20 Rhythm all the time

7.30 "The Circle of Shiva" 7.66 Ambrose and His Orchestra, in "When Day is Done" 8.0 "Dad and Dave" 8.12 Chamber imusie: The Stross String Quartet in ‘"‘ Quartet in A Major" (Beethoven ) 8.36 In the sports club with E. ‘‘Teddy" Roberts: ‘Picking a N.Z. XV. of All Time" 8.54 Len Fillis (guitar): ‘"‘Song of the Islands "’ 8.57 Lena Machado, Hawaii’s Song Bird, "Hooipo Hula" 9.0 Reserved 9.15 The Mystery Club 9.41 Tunes you'll remember 70. 0 Close down 2 rl 760 k.c. 395m. 7. 0-9.0 a.m. Breakfast session 414. O Light music 12. 0-2.0 p.m. Lunch session 6. 0 Light music 5.45 For the children, featuring ‘Coral Cave "’ 6..0 ‘Pinto: Pete." 6.15 Light music 6.45 Weather report and forecast for Hawke’s Bay ‘Dad and Dave" 7. O Rebroadcast of Government News Session 7.15 (approx.) Inspector Scott of Scotland Yard 8. O Light instrumental and vocal selections 8.20 lhkecorded play: "The Daughter of Huang Chow " 9. 0 Reserved 9.20 Light variety and dance music 10. 0 Close down 2 y N 920 k.c. 327m. Op.m. Rebroadcast news 20) «Light music O Concert programme of. chamber music, introducing ‘‘ Quartet in A Major ’"’ (Beethoven), played by the Lener String Quartet; ‘Sonata in C Minor" (Beethoven), played by Wilhelm Kempf (piano) 9.0 ‘"fHiis Last Plunge" (episode 31) 9.15 Humorous interlude 9.30 bance music, played in strict tempo 10. O Close down QM DM ike tom 7. 7 8 7. Op.m. . Premiere 7.36 The Crimson Trail 7.46 Eusemble: Orchestral combinations from famous rendezvous 8.5 "Thrills" 8.18. 2\D Singers 8 45 x sportsmen’s intelligence test (NO. 7) 9. & Piccadilly on parade 9.20 Console-ation: The organist’s point : of view 9.35 Youth must» have’ its swing 10. 0 Close down IZM hotel tom 5. Op.m. Light orchestral and popular : items 6.45 Station notices’ bed 7. 0 Sports session: " Bill’ Hendry 7.45 ‘The Life of Cleopatra" 8: 0. Orchestral selections 8.30 Good old songs and dances 10. 0 Close down