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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 35, 23 February 1940, Page 25

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IN AUCKLAND 650 k.c. 462 m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for 7. 0 7.10 9. 0 10. 0 10.15 11. 0 11.10 12. 0 12.30 p.m. Daventry news 3.30 4. 0 5. 0 5.45 Daventry news Daventry, news BREAKFAST SESSION Daventry news Devotional service, conducted | by Rev. F. J. Jack Selected recordings Talk to women by "Margaret" Selected recordings | Lunch music Selected recordings Classical hour 3.15 Sports resulls / Light musical programme Daventry news, followed by special ‘weather report for farmers 4.30 Sports results Children’s session, conducted " Cinderella" and " Peter" DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption for Daventry news at 6.15 p.m.) : "William Tell" (Rossini); ‘La Golondrina" | (Serradell); "Spanish Serenade" (Heykens); | "Anything Goes’ ~(Cole Porter); Red Roses" (Ritter); "In the Shade of the Old | Apple Tree’ (Alstyne-Williams); "One Day When We Were Youny" (Strauss); "Champagne Bubbles" (Kochmann-Schmidt); "Jalousie’"’ (Gade); "The Red House’ (arr, Whyte); "Ry the Waters of Minnetonka" (Lieurance); "Prelude in G Minor" (Rachmaninof[); "Amapola’ (Lacalee); ‘The Gondoliers" (Sullivan). 6.55 Weather report ‘7.0 NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER'S DEPT. LESS 7.10 7.30 8. 0 8.18 BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRENEWS NEWS AND REPORTS Book review CONCERT PROGRAMME Recordings: Lener String Quartet, 2nd Movement (Andante), and 3rd Movement (Agitato), from Quartet in B Flat, Op. 67 Brahms Robert Simmers (baritone), * The Question "; "On the Water" .. Schubert "May Night" oS eS Eee | Dora Judson (piano), Sonata in D Major ... Haydn Allegro con Brio Largo e sostenuto Presto ma non troppo Rondo in C Major . Beethoven

8.45 Recording: ' The Society of Early Instruments (Henri Casadesus and associated artists, playing viole d’amour, quinton,. viole de gamba, basse de viole and clavecin) Suite: "Les Plaisire Champétres" (Monteclair, 16661737) ....... arr. Casadesus 9. 0 Daventry news 9.20 Weather report and station notices 9.25 "Those We Love" A story of people like us-the Marshalls. They are very human people, these Marshalls, with their joys, their sorrows, and the everyday but important complications in their lives-Cathie with her love for Alan McCrae and his jealousy of Dr. Foster: Kit torn between his duty to his father and the legal profession, and his love for fivying. Miss Mayfield, soothing the troubled waters where necessary, and acting as mother to those lovable twins, Cathie and kit. 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: 14.30) I Y 880 k.c. 341 m. 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Light music 7. 0 After dinner music 8. 0 Military bands on parade, with vocal interludes, and at 8.30. ‘"Here’s a Queer Thing" 9.0 Comedy corner 9.34 ‘Personal Column" 9.48 Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees in songs from ‘" GoldDiggers in Paris" 10. O Light recitals 10.30 Close down

Vf WELLINGTON 2 570 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 9.10 Selected recordings 10. O Weather report for aviators | 10.10 Devotional Service ) 10.25 Recordings 10.28to 10.30 Time signals from the Dominion Observatory 10.45 Talk to women by "Margaret" 12. O Lunch music 12.30 p.m. Daventry news 1. 0 Weather report for aviators 2. 0 Classical hour 3. 0 Spoerts results Selected recordings 3.28 to 3.30 Time signals Weather report for farmers 4.0 Daventry news 5. O Children’s session, conducted by Aunt Molly, relayed from the Exhibition Studio 5.45 DINNER SESSION: (Subject .to-interruption for Daventry news at 6.15 p.m.) ‘Nights al the Baliet" (Na..2); "Cradle Song of the Virgin, Mary" (Reger); "Carry Me Back to Old" Virginny’* (Bland); "Snow. White aud. We Seven Pwarfs’ Selection; "Narcissus" (Nevin); "The Flowers’ Caress’ (Leuntjens); "‘Sevillanas Y Panaderos’ (Gomez); "Rose of Samarkand"’ (Coates); ‘Lovely to Kiss’ (Dicker); "in Tulip Land" (Pazeller); "Merry Widow" (Lehar); "Ignacio" (Carrara); "Listen to Liszl’’ (arr David Bor); "I Wags Anything but Sentimental’ (Lerner-Hoj[man); ~ Blue Skies" (Rixner); "Student Prince Selection’" (Romberg). 6.55 Weather report

7. 0 OFFICIAL NEWS SERVICE SSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEP?. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS (approx.) *7.28to7.30 Time signals TALK by the Gardening Expert: "For the Home Gardener" 8. 0 CONCERT PROGRAMME Featuring Grace Adams East , (American trumpet virtuoso) The 2YA Concert Orchestra, conducted by Leon de Mauny, "Tally Ho" Overture Ansell 8. 9 From the Exhibition Studio: "Round the Piano": Songs and choruses of the early days by the Old Time Concert Party 8.29 From 2YA Studio: The Concert Orchestra, " Canzonetta " Morceau Godard 8.33 From the Exhibition Studios. Grace Adams East (American trumpet virtuoso) 8.48 Recording: Paul Robeson (bass), "At Dawning" .... Cadman 8.51 From 2YA Studio: The Concert Orchestra, "Ballads of the 20th Century " Selection Haydn Wood 9. 0 Daventry news 9.15 Weather report and station notices 9.20 "The Radio That Hitler Fears ": The dramatised story of the German People’s Freedom Front, which for months past has continued to broadcast the truth to Germany, in spite of the Gestapo 9.35 "Exploits of the Black Moth": (Episode 14): The Fifty-Eight. Club Mystery 10. 1 "The Moonstone" The 33rd episode of Wilkie Collins’s dramatic _ thriller, presented for radio by George Edwards and Company 10.14 Dance music by Manuel Raymond and his Orchestra, relayed from the Centennial Exhibition Cabaret 11.14 Close of normal programme During the war the station will be on the air until 12 midnight. (Daventry news 11.30) 2 y 840 k.c, le m. 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Light music 7.0 After dinner musie 8. 0 Classics for the connoisseur: A programme of miscellaneous classica) recordings presented by me world’s greatest artists 8.40 Symphonic programme, featuring at 9.6; °% Symphony No. Major" (laydn). played by the London Symphony Orchestray’ cous ducted by Bruno Walter 40..0. In Lighter Vein: : 10.30 Close down

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V/ CHRISTCHURCH 720 k.c. 416m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for Daventry news 7. 0 Daventry news 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 98. 0 Daventry news 10. 0 Selected recordings 10.30 Devotional Service 11. 0 Talk to women by " Margaret" 11.10 Selected recordings 12. O Lunch music 12.30 p.m. Daventry news 2. 0 Selected recordings 3. 0 Classical music 4. 0 Daventry news (followed by special weather report for farmers) z 4.30 Sports results 6. 0 Children’s session: "Uncle Allan " 5.45 DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption for Daventry news at 6.15 p.m.) "Waltzing to Archibald Joyce’; "Hymn to the Sun" (Rimsky-Korsakov); "Passing Clouds" (King); "The Violin’s Love Song" (Winkler); "Irish Washerwoman’’ (Sowerby); "I'l Take You Home Again, Kathleen" (trad.); "‘Ice Rink Selection’; ‘Venetian Night" (Jezewski); ‘"Escapada’"’ (Phillips); "Trianon" (Livschakof]); ‘Suite De Danse" (Kunneke); ‘Salut D’Amour’’ (Elgar); "Polonaise Militaire" (Chopin); "Melody at Dusk" (King); "Valse Bluette’ (Drigo); "London Suite’ (Coates); "Parade of the Imps" (Ecklcbe). 6.55 Weather report 7.0 NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS | NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS 7.20 Addington Stock Market reports 7.35 TALK, by J. Th. Schoon: "The Netherlands To-day and To-morrow " 8.0 READINGS, by O. L. Simmance, "Pickwick Papers" by Charles Dickens "Typee," by Herman. Melville 8.22 Recordings: Light Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult, "Minuet from ‘Fete Galaa Seer Se Ethel Smythe "Two Interlinked French Folk Songs" . Ethel Smythe 8.31. Ninon Vallin (soprano), "D’Une Prison, " L’ Air" Hahn 8.37 Haagen Holenbergh (pianoforte), recital of music by Finnish composers, . "The Swan" ... Palmgren "Moonlight" .... Palmgren "Valse Triste" .... Sibelius "Finlandia" ...... Sibelius Except for operas, choral works, and a number of songs, Selim. Palmgren is best known.as a composer for the pianoforte, and particularly by Inany small

Grieg’s in their lyrical qualities and in the. strongly national flavour with which he knows how to season them. He toured Europe extensively as a solo pianist, sometimes in, company with his wife, a distinguished singer. 8.55 Recording: Boston Symphony Orchestra, "Hungarian March " : nieces which in some ‘way resemble | Berlioz 98.0 Daventry news | 9.20 Weather report and station notices 9.25 Recordings:. Jascha Heifetz (violin) and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli, Concerto in A Major . sa eb Allegro aperto Adagio Tempo di Menuetto 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) SIVA CHRISTCHURCH 1200 k.c. 250m. 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Selected recordings 7. 0 After dinner music 8.0 Leaves from the Diary of a Film Fan 8.35 "Maggie at the Phone" (sketch) 9.0 Dance time 410. 0. Three recitals, presented by Leon Goossens (oboe), Elisabeth .Schumann (Soprano), and Guilhermina Su&gia (’cello) 10.30 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 Talk to women by " Margaret" 12. O Lunch music | 12.30 p.m. Daventry news 1. 0 Weather report for aviators | Weather forecast | 2. 0 Selected recordings 3.15 TALK, by the A.C.E. Home Science Tutorial Section: "Green Tomato and Other Pickles " | 3.30 Sports results Classical music 4. 0 Daventry news Weather report and _ special frost forecast 4.30 Light musical programme 4.45 Sports results 5. O Children’s session: Big Brother Bill and the Travel Man 5.45 DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption for Daventry news at 6.15 p.m. "The Bartered Bride’ (Polka) (Smetana); "Turkish March’ (Mozart); "Chinese Wedding Procession’ (Hosmer); "The Great Waltz" (Hammerstein and Strauss); "Ay-Ay-Ay" (Freire); "Memory" (Wright); "South of the Alps’ (#iseher); "Kol Nidrei"’ (trad.); "Spanish Serenade" (Bizet); "Komponisten Bildnis ‘Edvard Grieg"; ‘Ramona’ (Wayne); "Die Fledermaus Waltzes’ (Strauss); ‘Columbine’s Rendezvous’ (Heykens); "The Bartered Bride’ (Smetana); "Gladioles"’ (Lohr). 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 Book Talk 8. 0 "Ravenshoe." -A_ dramatic version of Henry Kingsley’s great story, presented for radio by George Edwards and Company The story of the great House of Silom shoe, and its survival through the years; of how the great name and great possessions almost passed into the hands of a crafty usurper; and of how, after weary years of misunderstanding, the heir to Ravenshoe was restored to his rightful heritage. 8.15 "Bold Bad Buccaneers" in humour and harmony 8.28 "The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s " ‘ Good morning, sir: Hear another lesson in the craziest class-room on recordanother wordy duel between Dr. Pym and Master Greenbottle, radio’s "‘ Yesh’’ man.

"Westward Ho!" Charles Kingsley’s famous story of adventure on the high seas, presented for radio by George Edwards and Company 8.53 The International Radio Orchestra, "Minute Marches " 9. 0 Daventry news 9.20 Weather report and station notices 9.25 "THRILLS." A... dramatie feature No minute passes without bringing ‘a thrill to someone. It may bé world news or just some personal touch of joy or sorrow; a thrill begot of pomp. and ceremony or a whispered word. Again, it may be an epic of heroism performed in. the world’s arena, or it may be that sublime heroism that is the outcome of. faith. 9.38 "Khyber and _ Beyond": "Nobby Strikes Back " A drama of the North- — Frontier 10. 0 "Everybody dance." An hour of modern dance music in correct tempo,’ featuring the bands of Vietor Silvester, Josephine Bradley and Maxwell Stewart, with vocal interludes by Kate Smith 11. O Close of normal programme. (During the war the station will be on the air until 12 midnight. Daventry news: 11.30) aly DUNEDIN 1140 k.c. 263m. > 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Recordings 7. 0 After dinner music 8. 0 Symphonic programme, featuring at 8.28, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, playing "Symphony No, 4 in E Minor, Op. 98" (Brahms) 9.15 Highlights from Grand Opera 10. 0 Merry and bright 10.30 Close down

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AYE Mahe Mim. 7. Oa.m. Daventry news 7.10 Breakfast. session 9. 0-9.15 (approx.) Daventry news 41. 0 Recordings 12. 0-2.0 p.m. Luncheon session 412.30 Daventry news 6.0 Light music 5.30 Children’s session: ‘Coral Cave" 6.456 Tunes of the day 6. 0 The’ Birth of the British Nation: "Ine of Wessex" 6.15 Daventry news 6.45 "One Good Deed a Day" 7. 0 Re-broadcast of official news 7.10 approx.) After dinner music 7.30 Station announcements 8. 0 Gardening talk 8.15 "Soldier of Fortune". (final episode) 8.42 Studio recital by Miss Lyla Wylie : (soprano) 8. 0 Daventry news 9.30 Review of recent recordings, by Frank Beadle 10. 0 Close down BS 9/4 GREYMOUTH 940k.c. 319m. 7. Oa.m. Daventry news Z:38 9. 0 an 39 ae iy ° 8. 8 ~~ aoa DOoTTH PHD @ a8 Breakfast session Daventry news Morning programme Weather report 0-10.30 Devotional Service 0-2,0 p.m. Luncheon music Daventry news » "Afternoon programme Classical music Daventry news Dance melodies Weather report Variety Children’s session Dancing time Westward Ho! Dinner music Daventry news After dinner show Station notices, weather report

7. 0 News service, issued by the Prime Minister’s Department 7.20 Band stand 7.30 "Silas Marner" 7.42 Moments of mirth 8. 0 Popular songs nad dance hits 8.30 His Last Plunge 8.42 Famous tenors, assisted by Albert Sandler and his orchestra 9. 0 Daventry news 9.20 Personalities on parade 9.46 Musique de luxe 10. 0 Close down 7. Oa.m. Daventry news 7.10 Breakfast session 9. 0 Daventry news 11. O Light music 12, 0-2.0 p.m. Lunch session 12.30 Daventry news 5. O Light music 5.30 Uncle Charlie and Aunt Nin 6.0 "The Japanese Houseboy" 6.15 Daventry news 6.45 Weather report and forecast for Hawke’s Bay Stortford Lodge Market Report 7. 0 Re-broadcast of Government news 7.15..(approx.) "Khyber and Beyond" (episode 1) 8. 0 Light musical selections 8.10 Recorded talk by Douglas Cresswell in the series, ‘The Bay of Islands"; No. 13, ‘Oranges and Lemons" n Dance session 8. 0 Daventry news 9.20 Operatic and Symphonic excerpts: Chorus and orchestra of the Berlin State Opera, "Wake Up, the Day is Approaching," from "Mastersingers" (\Wagner) 9.24 BBC Symphony Orchestra, "Syme phony No. 1 in C Major" (Beethoven), ist Movement 9.33 Feodor Chaliapin (bass) 9.45 The London Philharmonic Orchestra, "Symphony No. 2 in D Major" (Brahms) ist Movement 10, 0 Close down AMIN ste 327m, 7. Op.m. John Halifax, Gentleman" (28) 7.15 Light music 8. O Concert programme: Variety and vaudeville 9. Band music 9.30 Eb and Zeb 9.40 Light recitals 10. 0 Close down QN/ WELLINGTON 990k.c, 303m, Cocktails Here’s A Queer Thing! The Kingsmen Musical Digest The Woman in White Solo artists’ spotlight Stars of the musical firmament . Out of the Silence Night ub: "The Cabaret on " re 10. 0 Close down IPAM ieee 5. Op.m.. Light orchestral and popular selections 7. 0 Orchestral recordings 7.45 "Search for a Playwright" 8. Peep into Filmland with "Billie" 9, 0 Swing music, Hawaiian and popular melodies 10.0 Close down Race -t-) © Mo Omran wo 2