SPINDRIFT And SPUNYARN
1LYA’s "Prose and Poetry of the Sea"’
ITH the fortunes of war once more emphasising the adventurous calling of those who go down. to the sea in ship’, there is topicality in the series of readings, Prose and Poetry of the Sea, which began from 1YA on Friday of last week. There is, of course, more to it than that, but if it is that quality which persuades listeners to tune in in the first
place, the general literary (and human) interest of the feature should be sufficient to hold its audience all the way. It is manifestly impossible even to summarise in half a dozen brief sessions the vast body of literature which the oceans have inspired, but an attempt is being made by the Rev. G. A, Naylor, who is the man behind the microphone, to direct the attention of those interested in’ such prose and poetry where it will be best rewarded. He makes no claim to any specialised knowledge of seamen or the sea, save what might be gathered by anyone who, being attracted by the subject, had read everything he could lay his hands on, from the Scandinavian sagas to Masefield’s poems and from Hakluyt to Conrad and back again,
In one of the sessions he proposes to spin a yarn himself instead of relying upon a direct reading. This tale is the fruit of one of his hobbies, the result of delving into old chronicles for stories of forgotten mariners. It is the story of four Russians who sailed out of Archangel in 1743, and for courage, hardihood, and endurance he rates it as one of the great stories of the sea. Interest in Broadcasting A graduate of Otago University, which he attended along with D. W. Faigan of Auckland’s W.E.A. (better known to many children as Uncle Dave of 1YA), Mr. Naylor has in recent years been interested in the development of. radio in relation to the Church and he is chairman of the Auckland Presbytery’s Broadcasting Committee. His principal recreation is reading, but he is also well-known as a swordsman and was at one time a keen revolver shot.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 117, 19 September 1941, Page 13
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