PEOPLE IN THE PROGRAMMES

New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 59, 9 August 1940, Page 7

PEOPLE IN THE PROGRAMMES

Wellington to Christchurch [RENE MACDONALD is well known to Wellington listeners and concertgoers as Irene Petty. She is a newcomer to Christchurch, and 3YA listeners found her first recital of French songs interesting and just a little different. On August 2 she sang " Plaisir d’Amour," " Obstination," and two Bergerettes by Weckerlin,

For Canterbury Farmers (CANTERBURY farmers will be luckier than usual if they have radio sets this month. Station 3YA is opening a series of talks on the improvement of farm animals and, although they do not

start until August 22, they justify advance notice. Professor C. P, McMeekan, B.Agr.Sc., (N.Z.) PLD. (Cambridge) whose photograph appears here, is the organiser of the series. He is a newcomer to Canterbury, appointed Professor of Animal Husbandry at the Canterbury Agricultural College in January of this year. Professor McMeekan is a New Zealander by birth. He was one of the first graduates in Agriculture at the Massey Agricultural College, and was a member of the staff there as Lecturer in Dairy Husbandry until his recent appointment to one of the four Chairs of Agriculture in the Dominion. He is well known throughout the North Island for his work for animal improvement. In 1936 he went abroad to study animal production methods. For research work with Dr. John Hammond at the Animal Research Station, University of Cambridge, he was awarded his Doctorate. While abroad he accepted invitations from the Scandinavian and United States Societies of Animal Production to visit their countries and to lecture on his work, which had gained for him an international reputation. He also accepted an invitation to spend six months in South America to report on

fat lamb production for the Argentine Meat Board, and to judge fat lamb and pig competitions in that country. Dr. McMeekan visited some twentyone countries while overseas. He returned to New Zealand in 1939 and rejoined the staff of the Massey Agriculture College.