HOLIDAY FOR UNCLE TOM
Popular Friendly Road Identity FTER ten years’ hard and faithful work for the Friendly Road, Uncle Tom (T. T. Garland) is taking a holiday. From funds raised at a concert in the Town Hall, Uncle Tom was presented with a return ticket on the flying-boat to Australia as a mark of appreciation and gratitude from members of the Friendly Road and Station 1ZB. One of the best loved and most popular men in Auckland, Uncle Tom has made thousands of children familiar with his "Lullaby Sessions," which are heard throughout the Dominion. Uncle Tom is probably the oldest broadcasting identity in New Zealand, and was responsible for introducing Uncle Scrim to the microphone back in the days of 1ZR. The concert took the form of singing by the Friendly Road Choirs, numbering three hundred, and an hour’s programme by 1ZB staff artists. Some idea of the esteem which is felt by Auckland listeners for Uncle Tom was gained by the terrific applause which greeted him when he went on the stage. He left Auckland by the flying-boat for Sydney for a holiday of about four weeks. His work will be -carried on by his two daughters, Marie and Molly, and by Arthur Collyns.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 68, 11 October 1940, Page 39
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207HOLIDAY FOR UNCLE TOM New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 68, 11 October 1940, Page 39
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