DID YOU KNOW
THAT John Batten of 1ZB has the bicycle bug? He rises early each fine morning, and goes for a long ride before the streets are busy? * * * THAT Bruce MacDonald, of 4ZB Programme Department, toured America as 4 singer. On one occasion he sang in the famous Moana Hotel in Hawaii? * * * THAT Bernie McConnell had announced from at least six radio stations prior to bis joining the Commercial Service, including the Station at the Dunedin and South Seas Exhibition in 1925? * * * THAT Lane Patterson of 2ZB, recently toured New Zealand with the "Charley's Aunt" Company, and took the part of Charley? we * * THAT 1ZB’s "Gran" has been very busy indeed sending country people tickets in the multifarious raffles being held in Auckland? * * ~ THAT Bryan O’Brien won the British Drama League’s Trophy in 1934 for the best play by an amateur New Zealand playwright? * * * THAT Eric Bell, of 2ZB, who is an outstanding pianist, has had a composition, "Sonata in E Minor," performed publicly and over the air, both in Australia and New Zealand? * * * THAT NEARLY FOUR THOUSAND LETTERS have been received by "Marina" of 1ZB since she began the "Leaves From Life" session? She is certain now that truth in stranger than fiction.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 54, 5 July 1940, Page 46
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205DID YOU KNOW New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 54, 5 July 1940, Page 46
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