Items From The ZB's

New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 118, 26 September 1941, Page 25

Items From The ZB's

GS ‘racked 1ZB’s Happiness Club the Auckland Town Hall recently on the occasion of the Pageant Ball held in aid of the Soldiers’ Christmas Parcels Fund. Under " Joan’s " direction, the presidents of each branch staged more than a dozen spectacular Empire tableaux. Miss Daphne Knight and Henry Hayward and H. A. Allen were the judges, "Marina" was commentator, and Hilton Porter was Master of Ceremonies. a * % NEW programme starting from the ZB’s is Home Sweet Home, an Australian made serial which is described by the compére as " a story of adventure, but not the adventure of thrills and ex-citement-just the adventure of life." To be more specific, it is the story of a small boy who runs away from an orphanage, is befriended by an artist and taken to live in the country, where they both have many new adventures ‘ in living. Home, Sweet Home has already started from 1ZB, 2ZB and 3ZB, and starts from 4ZB on October 3. It plays at 10.45 a.m. from Monday to Friday. by * * HE average child’s thirst for know- *" ledge about every subject under the sun finds a healthy outlet in a new session conducted in 3ZB’s Children’s Half Hour by Moira O’Brien, a newcomer to the microphone. Did You Ever Wonder? is the title of the session, and-in it Moira O’Brien undertakes to answer almost any question put to her by her young listeners. Although she has been on the air only a short time, she is receiving a steady flow of letters, many of them with such puzzling questions as " What makes fire?" and "This is a very hard question, but could you tell me what makes rainbows?" Naturally, Moira spends several hours every week searching through reference books and telephoning authorities on subjects under discussion. Her picture appears on this page. a * * ROGRAMME NOTES: Owing to the continued indisposition of "Uncle Scrim," the "Man in the Street" session Has been suspended indefinitely. The Salt Lake City Tabernacle Choir, heard every Sunday morning from the ZB stations, is now at 2ZA, Palmerston North, as well. A new Sunday afternoon series of programmes going the rounds of the ZB’s is Pictures in Music, which, as the title suggests, gives some outstanding examples of composers’ attempts to paint a picture in music. * * * T the moment Station 2ZB is particularly strong in staff talent, and on Saturday evenings at 7.45 o'clock, the staff is presenting a regular 15-minute session under the title The 2ZB Band Waggon. Maurie Power, who has had considerable experience of handling .this type of entertainment, is the compére.