Meet the LADIES
conducts "The ©. Woman’s Forum" over 2ZB at 11 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, is one of New Zealand’s pioneer broadcasters, for she began a series of weekly talks over 2YA in 1931. Though these were entitled "Fabrics and Fashions" and began as purely fashion records, they deN { RS. MURIEL LEWIS, who
veloped during nearly three years into general talks for women on all kinds of subjects, and her fan mail became extensive. Mrs. Lewis then joined the staff of a Wellington daily paper as woman editor, and did no more broadcasting until she acted as commentator at the Ball given by the Mayor of Wellington during the visit of the Duke of Gloucester. In 1934 Mrs. Lewis went to Hong Kong, and while there, did a series of broadcasts on Maori mythology over ZBW, as well as one talk a day before the New Zealand Football team played a return match in Hong Kong ‘after their visit to Japan. " New Zealand Universities and New Zealand Young Men" was the subject of the talk. It roused much interest, and was said to have been responsible for an unexpectedly large attendance at the match. Not only in broadcasting is she "One of the oldest"; for as she says, how could she be the possessor of a grown-up family, plus grand-child, unless the years allowed it? (Next week: Anne Stewart)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 31, 26 January 1940, Page 47
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230Meet the LADIES New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 31, 26 January 1940, Page 47
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