WEDNESDAY NATIONAL

New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 39, 21 March 1940, Page 25

WEDNESDAY

NATIONAL

MARCH 27

V AUCKLAND | 650 k.c. 462 m. 6. Qa.m. Station on the air for Daventry news ‘%:-0 Daventry news 740 BREAKFAST SESSION 8.0 Daventry news 9.10 Selected recordings 10. 0- Devotional Service, conducted ye = by Rev. H. Sharp Selected recordings 41- 0 Talk to women by "Margaret" A140. A discussion under the aus- * pices of the National Council a of Women: "What Are Pictures?" 12. 0 Lunch music 12.30 p.m. Daventry news 2. 0 Farewell function and presentation to Mrs. Averill, relayed from the Town Hall 2.30 Classical hour 3.145 Sports resulis 3.30 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" and "Peter" 6.45 DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption for Daventry news at 6.15) "Light Cavalry" (Von Suppe); "Evening Song’ (Schumann): "Grace Moore Melodies’; "Cloches de Corneville’ (Planquette); "Brahms’ Waltzes’; "Mexican Serenade" (Kaschebet); ‘Dicky Bird Hop" (Gourley); "The Blue Lagoon’ (StraussLutzow); "Old England" arr, S. Krish): "San Remo" (Hummer); "For Your. Delight’ (Coates); "Tell Me Again" (Grosz); "Gracie Fields Melodies’: ‘"‘Liebestraum" No. 3" (Liszt); "In the Mill’ (Gillet). 6.55 Weather report

7. 0 NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISLER’S DEP’. BRITISH OFFICIAL~ WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS 7.30 Book Review ‘* 8. 0 CONCERT PROGRAMME Recordings: The Stross String Quartet, Quartet in A Major, Op. 18, SR Pek aa ae Beethoven 8.26 Stewart Harvey (baritone), "The Lime Tree" . Schubert "I Will Not Grieve" Schumann "The Stormy Morning" Schubert 8.37 Clifford Huntsman (English pianist), "Sonata, Opus 110, in A Pig oA eae. eed Beethoven 9.0 Daventry news 9.20 Weather report and station notices 9.25 "Those We Love": A story of people like us, the Marshalls 9.52 Harry Horlick and his Orch- | estra, 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) | U Y 880 k.c. 341m. 0-6.0 p.m. Light music eo After dinner music O Band .music, with vocal _interludes, and at 8.30, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" 9.0 Half-time hilarity 9.34 ‘Personal Column" 9.48 Ted Steele Novatones 410. O Light recitals 10.30 Close down

| 7 Vi 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. 0 Weather report for aviators | 10.10 Devotional Service 10.25 Recordings 10.28t0 10.30 Time signals from the | Dominion Observatory | 10.45 Talk to women by " Margaret" 12. 0 Lunch music 412.30 p.m. Daventry news ) 4. © Weather report for aviators | 2. 0 Classical hour 3. 0 Sports results Selected recordings ) 3.28t03.30 Time signals Weather report for farmers and frost forecast for Canterbury and Otago 4.0 Daventry news 5. O Children’s session, conducted by Aunt Molly, relayed from the Exhibition Studio 5.45 DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption for Daventry news at 6. 15) "Marche Militaire" (Schubert); ‘‘Polonaise Elegique"’ , "Hassan-Serenade" (Delius); ‘Hungarian Fantasy" (arr, Goer); "Slavonic Seherzo.’{Sisiek); "Little Valley in the Mountains" (Kennedy); "Jan Kiepura Film Melodies’; ‘To Meet Lehar’ (arr. Hruby); Jumping Jack’ (Heykens); . "Guitarre"’ (Moszkowski); _fungarian Dance. No, 53" (Brahms); "Love's \Sweet Serenade" (Goletti); % Strauss Waltz Medley" (arr. Goer); ° ‘Malaguenda"’ (Moszkowski); * ‘In Dreamy Night" Waltz. (Ziehrer); ‘"‘Serenade" (Schubert). 6.55 Weather report

7. 0 OFFICIAL NEWS SERVICE | ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINIS: | DEPT. BRITISH OFFICIAL | WIRELESS, NEWS _TER’S 7.10 approx.) NEWS AND REPORTS 7.28 to 7.30 Time signals Talk by the Gardening Ex- | pert: "For the Home Gar8.12 dener " From the Exhibition Studio: The NBS String Orchestra, Conductor: Maurice Clare; Leader: Vincent Aspey: "Molly on the Shore" Grainger | | ; " Serenade" ..,...... Pierne | Recording: Sydney Gustard (organ), OT Beth oc. 8 Cv een Arditi Ballad Recital by Jean Macfarlane (contralto), "Poor Man’s Garden" Russell "Over the Dark Still Silence" Rizzi "My Dear Soul" . Sanderson "The Scarecrow" .. Davies "Auld Scotch Mither 0’ Mine" Stevens

8.27 Recording: Sydney Gustard (organ), "Herman Lohr Medley " 8.31 The NBS String Orchestra, " Gressenhall Suite" . Woods © EiPhi cs coc oec'e SANGO 8.43 Recordings: The Buccaneers Octet, "The Male Chorus" O’Hara "Hunting Song" . De Koven "Ma Little Banjo" : Dichmont "Passing By" ..... Purcell 8.52 The NBS String Orchestra, "Longing" ....--.. Sandby "Handel in the Strand" Grainger 9. O Daventry news 915 Weather report and station notices 9.20 "The Radio That Hitler Fears." The dramatised story of the German People’s Freedom station, 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 18): " Away From England-Back to England " Back and forth flow the suspicions of Detective-Sergeant Smithers in his quest after the identity. of the mysterious Black Moth, Robin Hood of the Night, whose activities have. set all England on edge with suspense. At times his ofmicial eye rests with almost certain accusation on Mr. Denis Carcroft, but he does not KNOW, and he cannot PROVE. The Black abn is wily, clever, and still he flies at will. ¥, 10. 1. "The Moonstone." The thirtyseventh episode of Wilkie Collins’s dramatic thriller, presented for radio by George Edwards and Company

10.14 11.14 Dance music by Manuel Raymond’s Dance Orchestra (relayed from the Exhibition Cabaret) Close of normal programme. During the war the station will remain on the air until 12 midnight. (Daventry news, 11.30) 2YG aid . 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Light music 7. 0 8. 0 8.40 10, 0 410.30 After dinner music Classics for the Connoisseur: A session of miscellaneous classical recordings, introducing items by the world’s greatest artists and combinations. This programme features at 8.9, "Andante con variazioni"® (Haydn), played by Lili Krauss (piano) Music for the orchestra: A séssion of major orchestral compositions, introducing at 8.56, "Thus Spake Zarathustra," tone poem hy Richard Strauss, played by ‘the Boston. Symphony rene eae at 9.37, "Stenka Razine" (Glazounov), played by the Brussels Royal. Conservatoire Orchestra — In lighter vein : . Close ‘down "

Plantation Melodies

WEDNESDAY

NATIONAL

V, CHRISTCHURCH 5) . 720 k.c. 416m. 6. Ga.m. Station on the air for Daventry -news 7.0 Daventry news 7.10 BREAKFAST SESSION 9..0 Daventry news 9.10 . Selected recordings 10.30 Devotional service 10.45 Selected recordings 41. 0 Talk to women by "Margaret" 411.10 Women’s session, conducted by. Mrs.. L. E. Rowlatt 91.30 Selected recordings 12. 0 Relay from Addington of New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club’s meeting Lunch music 12.30 p.m. Daventry news 1.0 Lunch music 1.30 EDUCATIONAL SESSION Miss Jean Hay: " Rhythmic Movement " 2.0 A. J. Campbell: " Edward Gibbon Wakefield" 2.25 W. B. Harris: "Captain Thomas and the Planning of Lyttelton and Christchurch " 2.40 Selected recordings 3. 0 Classical music 4. 0 Daventry news, followed hy special weather forecast for farmers, and frost forecast for Canterbury and Otago 4.30 Sports results 5. 0 Children’s. session: "Uncle Allan " 6.45 DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption for Daventry news at 6.15 p.m.) "Strauss Polkas"’; "*Puszta-Marchen" Schulenburg); "Poputar . Selection’; ‘Chinese Rhythm" (Hellier); "Happy Journey" (Kunneke); ‘Song of Hawaii’ (Bories. and Corbell); "Chanson Bohemfenne’’ (Boldi); "Sunshine in Spring’ (de Curtis and Baumann); "Le Petil Capitaine’ Raquelle); "A Gipsy Lament’ (Rode); ‘Dream Waltz’ (Millocker); ‘‘Carmen’ (Bizet); "Seville" (Haydn Wood); "'moim Love With Vienna’ Strauss); ‘Serenade’ (Pierne); "Speak to Me of Love" (Lenoir). 655 Weather report | 7.0 NEWS SERVICE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT. BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS NEWS 7.10 NEWS AND REPORTS 7.20 Addington Stock Market Re- : port 7.35 WINTER COURSE TALK: ¢ "History for Everyman": "What Cook Did" (2) 8..0 London Philharmonic Orchestra, "Consecration of the House" Overture ......... Beethoven 8.14 Dresden Choir, "Fahr’ Wohl, O Vogelein" Brahms Choir of the State Conservatorium, Dortmund, ~ "In Still Night" ... Brahms 8.22 Albert Spalding (violin), with ; the Philadelphia Orchestra, Concerto No. 8 in A Minor, BCA oc dciccdanensio cn. SPORT

1 1 8.40 0. 0 1.0 Rex Harrison (baritone), T 3 oe- Ween s,s Schubert "Too Late" .... Tchaikoyvski "The Erl King" .. Beethoven "Hark, Hark, the Lark" Schubert London Symphony Orchestra, "Rosamunde" Ballet Music Daventry news Weather report and _ station notices Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted’ by Bruno Walter, Symphony No. 3 in F Major, i, Se, BARC tae weer ne ae Brahms Allegro con brio Andante Poco Allegretto Allegro 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). SIVA CHRISTCHURCH 1200 k.c. 250m. 0-6.0 p.m. Selected recordings Qo SOpme 8 0 @ ooo After dinner music "Leaves from the Diary of a Film Fan" Musical mosaics With the Duke Dance time. Light recitals, Close down

ANY DUNEDIN 790 k.c. 380 m. 6. Oa.m. Station on the air for 6.50 7. 0 7.10 9. 0 9.10 10. 0 10.15 10.50 12. 0 Daventry news Weather report for aviators Daventry news BREAKFAST SESSION Daventry news Selected recordings Weather report for aviators Selected recordings Devotional Service Talk to women by " Margaret " Lunch music 12.30 p.m. Daventry news 1. 0 3.15 4.30 5. 0 Weather report for aviators Weather forecast Selected recordings Talk by the A.C.E. Home Science Tutorial Secfion: "Centennial Celebration Fare" 3.30 Sports results Classical music Daventry news, followed by special weather forecast for farmers and_ special frost forecast Light musical programme 4.45 Sports results Children’s session: Big Brother Bill and the Travel Man

5.45 DINNER MUSIC: (Subject to interruption for Daventry news at 6.15) "Wood Nymphs’ (Coates); "Where the Lazy River Goes By’ (McHugh); "Modern Melodies’; ‘Where the Lemons Lloom"’ (Strauss); "Triana" (Albeniz); "Die Schonbrunner’’ (Lanner); "The Violin Song" (Rubens); "La Golondrina"’ (Serradett); "Sandler Serenades’; ‘Because’ (Gade}; "Gershwin Medley’; "Song of Songs" (Moya); "Marche Militaire Francaise" (Saint-Saens). 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 8.15 A humorous interlude by White and Reno 8.28 "The Fourth Form at St. Percy's" We call this ‘the craziest classroom on record." Listen in to Dr. Pym’s tussle with his prize pupils, Stanforth, Bothamley and Greenbottle. 8.40 "Westward Ho!" Charles Kingsley’s famous story of adventure on the high seas, presented for radio by George Edwards and Company 8.53 H. Robinson Cleaver (organ), "Cleaver Hits, No.1" 9. 0 Daventry news 9.20 Weather report and station notices 9.25 "Thrills." A dramatic feature Thrills are encountered by someone almost every moment of the day. The trackless ocean, the limitless sky, the broad countryside, the city-all are packed with thrills; and these retold stories awaken a responsive thrill in our hearts. 9.38 "Khyber and Beyond": "A Friend Indeed." A drama of the North-West Frontier 10. O Will Osborne and his orchestra. With instrumental interludes by Ted Steele’s Novatones 11. 0 Close of normal programme. During the war the station will be on the air until 12 midnight. (Daventry news, 11.30) aly ©) 1140k.c. 263m, 5. 0-6.0 p.m. Recordings 7. 0 After dinner music 8. 0 Orchestral programme, featuring at 8.16, Yehudi Menuhin (violin) and Orchestra de la Societe des Con- \ certs du _ Conservatoire, "Cone certo in A Minor" Op. 53 (Dvorak); and at 9.2, London Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Sir Landon Ronald), playing "Lyric Suite" Op. 54 (Grieg) 9.20 Highlights from Grand Opera 10. 0 Merry and bright 10.30 Close down

Nothing To Wear !

March 27

. Y 680k.c. 441 m. 7. Oa.m. Daventry news 7.10 Breakfast session 9. 0-9.15 (approx.) Daventry news 41. O Recordings 12. 0-2.0 p.m. Luncheon session 912.30 Daventry news 5. O Light music 6.380 Children’s session: ‘" Coral Cave" 6.46 Tunes of the day 6. 0 "The Birth of the British Nation: The Sons of Ethelwulf" 6.16 Daventry news 6.46 "Eb and Zeb" 7. 0 Re-broadcast of official news 7.10 (approx.) After dinner music (7.80, station announcements) 8. 0 Gardening talk 8.16 "The Masked Masqueraders" 8.45 Studio recital by Miss 1. Fenn, F.T.C.L. (elocution) 9. 0 Daventry news 9.30 Review of recent recordings by Frank Beadle 410. O Close down S22 GREYMOUTH 940k.c. 319m. 7. Oa.m. Daventry news 7.10 Breakfast session 9.0 Daventry news, Morning programme 410. O Weather report 410.10-10.30 Devotional service | | 412, 0-2.0 p.m, Luncheon music 12.30 Daventry news 3.0 Afternoon programme 3.30 Classical programme 4.0 Daventry news 4.20 Dance music 4.30 Weather report, variety 5. 0 Children’s session: "Robinson Crusoe’ 5.30 Hit parade 5.45 Dinner music 6.15 Daventry news 6.45 The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s 6.57 Weather report and station notices 7.0 News service issued by the Prime Minister’s Department 7.20 Band parade 7.30 "Silas Marner" 7.42 Keyboard ramblings 8. 0 Introducing to you 8.30 His Last Plunge 8.42 The singer in the spotlight 8. 0 Daventry news 9.20 Musical all-sorts 9.48 Impressions of Vienna 10. 0 Close down QVir 760 k.c. 395m. 7. Oam. Daventry news 7.10 Breakfast session 9.0 Daventry news 41. 0 Light music 12. 0-2.0 p.m. Lunch session 12.30 Daventry news 5. 0 ‘Light music 5.30 For the children, conducted by Uncle Charlie and Aunt Nin, featurin ey ramme by the St. Joseph’ _ College Choir, 6.0 "The depaneee Houseboy " 6.165 Daventry news 6.45 Weather report and forecast for Stortford Lodge Mark ortfor report YF Re-broadcast of news (a etn "Khyber and Beyond" episode 5) 8.0 Light music 8.30 Dance session 8. 0 Daventry news

9.20 9.24 9.32 9.43 9.50 10. 0 Operatic and symphonic excerpts: The State Opera Orchestra, ‘"‘ Abu Hassan"’ Overture. (Weber) Peter Dawson (bass-baritone) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, "Symphony No. 8 in F Major" (Beethoven), First and Second movements Puccini arias sung by Dusolina Giannini (soprano) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, "Symphony No. 2 in D Minor" (Dyorak) Finale Close down QVIN sme sm, 7. Op.m. "John Halifax, Gentleman" 7.15 8. 0 9. 0 9.30 9.40 10. 0 Light selections Concert programme: Variety and vaudeville Band music "Eb and Zeb’ Light recitals Close down QW WELLINGTON 990k.c. 303m, 7. Op.m. Cocktails 7.35 7.45 7.57 8.15 8.28 8.45 9. 0 9.30 10. 0 Here’s A Queer Thing! The kKingsmen Musical digest "The Adventures of Marco Polo": Episode 1 of a powerful new serial Solo artists’ spotlight Stars of the musical firmament "Out of the Silence" Night Club Close down IRAN ery Op.m. Light orchestral and popular numbers Orchestral and instrumental items "Search For a Playwright" . Peep Into Filmland with "Billie" Swing music, Hawaiian and popular melodies oo, ; Close down