VOICES FROM HOME
British Parents Speak to Their Children in New Zealand
Zealand are to have the thrill of hearing their parents speak to them through the BBC. A quarterhour feature "Hello, Children!" is being broadcast from 1YA, 2YA, 3YA and 4YA on alternate Thursdays at 5.15 p.m. The first five minutes of the session is devoted to news from the Homeland, and then follow 10 minutes of personal messages: The Children Overseas Reception Board in London advises its representative in the office of the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in New Zealand a fgw days in advance by cable, of the names of the parents who are sending the messages in each session, and the Wellington office has time to send telegrams to the homes concerned. For the first session on Thursday, May 8, all the messages came from parents in Glasgow, representing 13 children in nine New Zealand homes, so the BBC is apparently preparing the programmes in their regional stations in rotation. Altogether, there are 200 British evacuee children in New Zealand. B ante evacuée children in New
A similar feature has been operating from the BBC for children in America, Australia and Canada, and in some cases, two-way conversation has been arranged between the parents and children. The NBS. would like to provide a similar service in New Zealand, but the lack of direct shortwave connection between this country and England prohibits this.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 99, 16 May 1941, Page 17
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238VOICES FROM HOME New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 99, 16 May 1941, Page 17
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