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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 34, 16 February 1940, Page 31

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NY AUCKLAND | 650 k.c. 462 m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for Daventry news 7. 0 Daventry news 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 9. 0 Daventry news 10. 0 Devotional service 10.15 Selected recordings 11. 0 "Still Outside the Pale: Women at Cambridge" Talk by Miss Ida Lawson 11.10 Selected recordings 12..0 Lunch music 12.30 p.m. Daventry news 2.0 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, "How to Preserve Fruits and Vegetables by Drying " 3.45 Light musical programme 4. 0 Daventry news, followed by special weather report for farmers 4.30 Sports results 5. O Children’s session, conducted by " Cinderella " 5.45 DINNER MUSIC: wesct to interruption for ventry news at 6.15 p.m.) "Il Seraglio’" (Mozart); "An Hungarian Fantasy" (Weber); "I Love You’ (Waldteufel); ‘Liszt in. Rhythm’; "Russian Gipsy Sketch" (Ferraris); ‘"‘Zigeuner"’ (Coward); ""Where the Woods are Green" (Brodszky); ‘Solitude’ (Ellington); "A Thousan Kisses’ (Joyce); ‘‘Rakoczky March’ (Berlioz); ‘""Magic Song’ (Meyer); "Dance Time’; "Chanson Hindoue"’ (Rim-aky-Korsakov); "The Glow Worm Idyll" (Lincke); "Joyousness" (Haydn Wood); "Woodland Whispers’ (Joost); "Old Favourites’’; "‘Semiramide"’ (Rossini). 6.55 Weather report 7. 0 NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS 7.40 Recorded talk: " What Shall We Eat?" (7): "Facing the Facts " By Dr. Elizabeth Bryson 8.0 CONCERT PROGRAMME Mr. Chalmers, K.C.: "The Verona Case" (Chapter 1) Royston Chalmers, K.C., is both barrister and detective. As a barrister, Royston Chalmers accepts only cases in which he is absolutely convinced that his client is innocent. Then as a detective, with the loval assistance of his faithful secretary, Hamilton, he proceeds to obtain for himhelf suffeient evidence to uphold his convietion of the client’s innocence. Some exciting stories result from these activities. 815 "Wandering With the West Wind " And now let us go wandering with the West Wind on the highways and byways of the world under the guidance of that kindly nomad philosopher, the Wayfarer. 8.45 "Fourth Form at St. Percy’s" 9.0 Daventry news

9.25 9.31 9.44 11. 0 Weather report and station notices Recording: Grand Massed Bands, "Old Faithful March" Bidgood "Namur March" . Richards Serial feature: "Dad and Dave" (Episode 93) Grace Adams East, American trumpet virtuoso Billy Cotton and his Band. with instrumental interludes by Paul Whiteman’s Bouncing Brass Close of normal programme. (During the war, the station will be on the air until 12 midnight. Daventry news: 11.30 p.m.) UV K Aes ie 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Light music 7. 0 8. 0 8.26 10.30 After dinner music Chamber music hour: Eileen Joyce (piano), Henri Temianka (violin), Antoni Sala (‘cello), "Trio in D Minor" (Arensky) Alexandra’ Trianti (soprano), Coenraad v. Bos (piano), "Who. Bade You Come?" "My Love Invited Me to Dine," "Do Be Quiet, You oaioue "Ring . Ring My Padura," "Implore Him, (Wolf) Sergei Rachmaninoff (piano) and Fritz Kreisler (violin), "Duo for Piano and Violin in A Major" (Schubert) Classical recitals Variety Close down

| Ni WELLINGTON ) 570 k.c. 526 m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for Daventry news 6.50 Weather report for aviators 7. O Daventry news 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 9. 0 Daventry news 10. O Weather report for aviators 10.10 Devotional Service 10.25 Recordings 10.28 to10.30 Time signals from the Dominion Observatory 10.45 "Bits and Pieces": A talk by " Isobel " 12. O Lunch music 12.30 p.m. Daventry news 4.0 Weather report for aviators 1.30 EDUCATIONAL SESSION: "The Changing World," by the School Reporter 1.40 "Playfair’s Progress" (Episode 1), by Miss M. P. Dennehy and Mrs. P. M. Seed 1.52 "How Animals Live" (2), by D. W. McKenzie 2.10 "Art" (2), by Roland Hipkins 2.30 Classical music 3.0 Sports results Selected recordings 3.28to3.30 Time signals Weather report for farmers 4. 0 Daventry news Sports results 5. O Children’s session, conducted by Uncle Peter 5.45 DINNER SESSION: (Subject to interruption for Daventry news at 6.15 p.m.) "The Silken Ladder" (Rossini); "Adua"’ (Olivieri) ; "The Phantom Watch" (Haarhaus); * re Here, You're There, You're Everywhere’ (Kahal-Loeb); "‘La Paloma" (Yradier); "It Happened in Vienna" (Muhr); "If My Songs Were Only Winged" (Hahn); "‘Barcarolle’ (Grothe); ‘‘Pagliacci"’ (Leoncavallo); "Boina Oltului"’ (trad.); "The Mikado" (Sullivan); ‘‘NinnaNanna’ (Micheli); ‘Black Orchids" (Riehartz); "The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" (Jessel); "The Mill in the Black Forest" (Eilenberg); "Spanish Dance" (Moszkowski); "Grieg Waltz."’ 6.55 Weather report 7. 0 OFFICIAL NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS. (approx.) 7.28 to 7.30 Time signals *"Who’s Who and What’s What?": A ramble in the news by " Coranto" 7.40 TALK by the Book Reviewer: "Books Grave and Gay " 8. 0 CONCERT PROGRAMME From the Exhibition Studio, Recording: Philip Green and his Orchestra, "Blaze Away" , Holtzmann

8.31 8.37 8.47 9.20 9.40 9.51 10. 0 MAORI PROGRAMME by members of visiting tribes and the Ngati Poneke Young Maori Club Primo Scala’s Accordion Band "Carry On" Melodies Various Charlie Kunz (piano), "Kunz Revivals" (No. 11) Vera Martin (contralto), "Love Will Find a Way" Fraser-Simson "Just a Cottage Small" Hanley Sa As SEAS Brahe Recordings: Roy Smeck and his Hawaiian Serenaders, "I Never Knew Heaven Could BNOGM xe ks Revel-Gordon The Merry Macs (vocal trio), "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles " Kenbrovin-Kellette "Igloo" ..... Mizzy-Taylor Harry Horlick and his Orchestra, "Eva" Waltz ...... Lehar Daventry news Weather report and station notices Recital by Dorothy Davies (pianiste), Variations on a Theme, F Major (Op. 37) . Beethoven Julie Werry (soprano), presents: "Spring Song" ... Bantock "My Lovely Celia" arr. Lane-Wilson "The Plague of Love" | arr. Lane-Wilson "Wind Song" Olive Dungan Light Symphony Orchestra, conducted’ by Sir Adrian Boult, "Two Interlinked French Folk Melodies" .... Ethel Smyth "Minuet" (from "Fete Galante") ...... Ethel Smyth MUSIC, MIRTH AND MELODY Close of normal programme (During the war the station will be on the air until 12 midnight. Daventry news: 11.30) : ZYME . 0-6.0 p.m, Light music 8. 0 10.30 After dinner music Pe ove ~ metrsic hour, featuring at 8.35, "Quartet in B Flat Major" (Mozart), played by the Lener String Quartet Stars Calling: A programme of light variety recordings, presented by popular screen and _ radio artists As they come: Light recitals by Donald Thorne (organist), Danny Malone (tenor), and the Novelty Players Close down

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SV, CHRISTCHURCH 720 k.c. 416m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for Daventry news 7. O Daventry news 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 9. 0 Daventry news 10. O Selected recordings 10.30 Devotional service 10.45 Selected recordings 11. 0 "Bits and Pieces" by Isobel 11.10 Selected recordings 11.15 TALK, under the auspices of the Christchurch branch of the National Council of Women 11.30 Selected recordings 412. O Lunch music 12.30 p.m. Daventry news 2. 0 Selected recordings -- TALK, prepared by the Association for Country Education, Home Science Tutorial Section, " How to Preserve Fruits and Vegetables for Drying " Classical music Daventry news, followed by special. weather report for farmers 4.30 . Sports results 5. O Children’s session 5.45 DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption for Daventry news at 6.15 p.m.) "Nights .at the Ballet" No. 8; ‘Ta Spring" (Grieg); "Love's Last Word" (cr remieuz); "Las Cudtro Milpas" (Garcia); *Savoy Cavalcade" z "Joys and Sorrows’ Lautenschlager); "The Child and his ancing Dou" (Heykens);- ~"Circassion ircle"’ (arr, Whyte); "Meditation in orcelain" (Poresythe); ‘Valse Triste" (Sibelius); "Tales of Hoffman" selection (o enb "Cavalier" Watiz" (Nedbal); "Kilten on Fad Keys" (Confrey); ¥ Savoy Cavalcade" en oa Medley; "If You Only | Knew" (Novello); "Rumanian Wedding Dance" (Matthey). 6.55 Weather report | 7.0 NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. eg OFFICIAL WIRELESS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS 7.36 TALK, by P. H. Jones, "Mystery Makers in Literature " 8.0 "The Woman in White". A dramatisation of Wilkie Collins’s thriller, by George Edwards and company ? o oo These programmes are correct as we go to press. Any last-minute alterations will be announced over the air. All programmes in this issue are copyright to The Listener, and may not be reprinted without pe

8.15 "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab" The radio version of a famous mystery story which had great popularity in book and magazine form nearly half a century ago. The action takes place in Melbourne; and the thrilling story of the mystery: of the murder in the Hansom Cab, and its ultimate solution, makes entertaining and exciting listening. 8.29 "Coronets of England": The Life of Henry VIII. 9. 0 Daventry news 9.20 Weather report and station notices

10. 0 11. 0 "Night Club": A cabaret on relay, featuring Ted Fio Rito and his Orchestra Dance music Close of normal programme. (During the war, the station will be on the air until 12 midnight. Daventry news: 11.30 p.m.) SYA CHRISTCHURCH 1200 k.c. 250 m. 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Selected recordings Ve 0 8. 0 9. 0 9,30 10. 0 40.30 After dinner music Band programme, with vocal. interludes by Peter Dawson (baritone) Musical comedy David Copperfield (episode 44) Fun for all Close down

ay DUNEDIN 790 k.c. 380 m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for Daventry news 6.50 Weather report for aviators 7. 0 Daventry news 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION | | | | | 9. 0 Daventry news | 10. O Weather report for aviators Selected recordings 10.15 Devotional Service 10.50 "Bits and Pieces" by "Isobel" 12. O Lunch music 12.30 p.m. Daventry news Throughout the day: Running commentaries on the racing. at the Dunedin Jockey Club meeting (relay from Wingatui) 1. O Weather report for aviators (re-broadeast from 2YA) | Weather forecast | 1.30 EDUCATIONAL SESSION: (re-broadeast from 2YA) "The Changing World" by the School Reporter 140 "Playfair’s Progress" (episode 1), by Miss M. P. Dennehy and Mrs. P. M. Seed 152 "How Animals Live" (2), by D. W. McKenzie 2.10 "Art" (2), by Roland Hipkins 2.30 Selected recordings 3.30 Sports results 4. 0 Daventry news, followed by weather report 4.30 Light musical programme 4.45 Sports ¥esults 5. O Children’s session: Mouth Organ Band and Mr. Stampman 5.45 DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption for Daventry news at 6.15 p.m.) "The Waltz Kings" (Lindemann); ‘‘Capricious Intermezzo" (de Micheli); "Evening Bells" (Billi); "Doll Dance" (Brown); "Moonlight on the Alster’ (Fetras): "Baby's Birthday’ (Busch); "‘Pire Dance" (de Falla); "Ballroom Whispers" (Meyer & Helmund); "Clad in Lace and Silk’ (Siede); "Under the Linden Tree" (Hugo Feliz); "Melodies from Scandinavia" (various); "When Budapest was Young" (Milos); "Merry Melodies" (Roland): "intermezzo" (Strauss). 6.55 Weather report 7.0 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 Concert by the London Philharmonic Orchestra Soloists: Richard Tauber (tenor), Eileen Joyce (piano), Feodor Chaliapin (bass) The Orchestra, conducted by Felix Weingartner "Consecration of the House" Overture. cia Beethoven 8.14 Richard Tauber (tenor), "Venetian Gondola Song" Mendelssoha "The King’s Page" . Goetze "The Broken Ring" .. Kuhe "La Danza" ...... Rossini 8.26 The Orchestra, conducted by Felix Weingartner, "Egmont: Larghetto, Op. 4": (4a S49. ek Beethoven 8.30 Eileen Joyce (piano), "Second Impromptu, Op. 31" Faure "Spring Night" . Schumann "Little Piece No. 1" . Liszt 8.38 The Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham, Symphony in D Major Cr Pate ys 65.8 Mozart Allegro assai Andantino Allegro 9. 0 Daventry news 9.20 Weather report an. station notices 9.25 The Orchestra, conducted by Walter Goehr, "Gopak" ....,. Moussorgsky 9.28 Feodor Chaliapin (bass) with chorus, "Merry Butterweek " Sieroff "Down the Volga" arr. Alexandroff 9.36 Music from the Theatre "The Fire Bird," to the musie of Stravinsky. This is one of a series of imaginary broadcasts re-creating the .atmosphere of the theatre during the season of the Ballet 10.0 MUSIC, MIRTH AND MELODY 11. O Close of normal programme. (During the war, the station will be on the air until 12 midnight. Daventry news: 11.30 p.m.) aly DUNEDIN 1140 k.c, 263m. 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Recordings 7. 0 After dinner music 8. 0 Rosalie and Her Romances : 8.30 Dance session 9.0 The Old-Time The-Ayter: "The Gamekeeper’s Daughter," or "Virtue Triumphant" 9.13 Records at random 9.30 "Homestead on the Rise" 10. 0 Three recitals, featuring Fritz Kreisler (violin), Frank Luther (baritone), and the Lyn Murray uartet, BBC Variety Orchestra Reginald Foort at theatre organ) 10.30 Close down

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VL Mite stm 7. Oa.m. PDeventry news 7.10 0 . @ os POMMBINNDDIA aH anV>e i] r) ° ® a= ws_ b= b&b econmooooCaacog Breakfast session 0-98.15 (approx.) Daventry news Recordings Luncheon session Daventry news .30 er. -80-2.30 Educational: broadcast from 2YA Dance music Children’s session: "David = and Dawn in Fairyland" Light music "Personal Column" Dayentry news "The Moonstone" Re-broadcast of official news (approx.) After dinner music Station announcements "The Tui ’’:.Talk by the Bird Man "Khyber: Diamond Cut Diamond" New dance releases Daventry news "In the Sports Club with Neil Edwards, 1939 N.Z. tennis champion" Fun and frolic Close down SIAR as et 7. 0am. Daventry news 7.10 9. 0 9.10 10. 0 Breakfast session Daventry news Morning programme Weather report 10.10-10.30 Devotional service 12. 0-2.0p.m. Luncheon programme 12.30 3. 0 3.30 4. 0 4.20 4.30 5. 0 5.30 5.45 6.15 8.30 8.50 9. 0 9.20 9.32 10. 0 Daventry news Afternoon programme Classical music Daventry news Dance hits Weather report Variety Children’s session: "David and | Dawn" Hit tunes Dinner music Daventry news (After dinner music¢ News service issued by the Prime Minister’s Department Barnabas von Geczy and his Or-| chestra "Silas Marner" International Novelty Orchestra The Buccaneers Chamber music, composed by | Franz Schubert: Budapest String Ouartet in "Quartettsatz in C Minor" Elena Gerhardt (mezzo-soprano). Artur and Karl Ulrich = Sehnabel (pianoforte duet), "Lebensturme" Richard Tauber (tenor), "The Organ Player’"’ Hans Hottermund (cello), and | Lionel Tertis (viola), playing "Du Bist Die Ruh" "Sportsmen’s Intelligence Test" (No. 9) Saxophone’ recital by Howard Jacobs Daventry news Lorna Doone Popular hits of yesterday Close down Qn Shige ie 7. Oa.m. Daventry news 7.10 Breakfast session 9. 0-9.10 Daventry news 11. 0 Light music bry 0-2.0 p.m. Lunch session 2.30 . 0 5.45 6. 0 6.15 6.30 6.45 7. 0 7.15 8.2 Daventry news Light music For the Children "Pinto Pete in Arizona’ Daventry news Light music Weather report and forecast for Hawke's Bay "Dad and Dave" Re-broadcast of Government news (approx.) Inspector Scott of Scotland Yard. Band of H.M. Welsh Guards, "The Gondoliers" Selection ,

8. 8 Mixed chorus, "Sea Songs" 8.12 Artur and Karl Ulrich Schnabel (two pianos), "Military Marches" (Schubert) Ninon Vallin (soprano) 9 Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra 39 Webster Booth (tenor) 51 Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra, "Waltz of the Flowers" (Tchaikovski) 9. 0 Daventry news 9.20 Light vocal and dance music 10. 0 Close down AVN see 327m. 7. Op.m. Light music 8.0 Goncert programme; Sonata hour, featuring "Sonata No. 3 in D Minor" (Brahms), played by Isolde Menges (violin), and Harold Samuel (piano); "Sonata in A Minor" (Schubert), played by Lil Krauss (piano) 9. 0 "His Last Plunge’ (48) 9.15 Humorous interlude 9.30 "In Strict Time’: Music for the Dancers 10. 0 Close down QW WELLINGTON 990 k.c. 303 m. 7. Op.m.’ Premiere 7.35 The Crimson Trail 7.46 Ensemble 8. 7 "Thrills" 8.20 2YD Singers 8.40 "Dad and Dave" 8.52 Console-Ation: 9.5 A Soldier of Fortune 9.30 Youth Must Have Its Swing 10. 0 Close down IZM) 4 1250 k.c. 240m. 5. Op.m. Light orchestral and popular recordings 7. O Sports session: "Bill" Hendry 7.45 "The Life of Cleopatra" 8.0 Orchestral numbers 8.30 Musical comedy gems 9. 0 Music from the Ballets 9.30 At the Theatre with Gracie Fields 10.0 Close down