AUCKLAND HAPPINESS CLUB IN WELLINGTON
Here is a pictorial record of the visit to Wellington by 900 members of the 1ZB Happiness Club. The purpose of the trip was to give the Aucklanders an opportunity of seeing the Centennial Exhibition and Wellington generally — and incidentally to lend their unquenchable enthusiasm to the launching ceremony in connection with the new Wellington. Happiness Club. At left: Aunt Daisy, F. Gembitsky (N.Z. Railways, and the only man: travelling on the two special trains from Auckland), Peter Hutt (2ZB announcer), Joan (Director of the 1ZB Happiness Club), and Mrs. Tylcoat, 88 years of age, the oldest member to make the trip. Below, left: "Why, there’s Uncle Scrim and Aunt Daisy!" The huge crowd begins to converge on the 2ZB Sound Truck as Peter Hutt describes the scene of the arrival over the ZB network. Below, right: At the Exhibition Station, 5ZB, Joan is intaadaeed to listeners in Wellington, by Station Director Ian MacKay. Bottom, left: Seeing the sights. Against the magnificent background of Evans Bay,-with the Exhibition in the distance, a party of sightseers halt for a moment on Mount Victoria. Bottom, right: Wellington’s Happiness Club is: launched, Uncle Scrim addressing the huge crowd in the Wellington Town Hall on the Sunday afternoon before the Aucklanders left. The enthusiasm was remarkable, and the Auckland Happiness Club members captured the public interest with their infectious gaiety and their "war cries."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 37, 8 March 1940, Page 48
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235AUCKLAND HAPPINESS CLUB IN WELLINGTON New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 37, 8 March 1940, Page 48
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