Items From The ZB's

New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 141, 6 March 1942, Page 21

Items From The ZB's

-- es ont er nm "T ect onty ti in the morning is time for a cup of tea, but also for the ZB feature programmes. The high standard established by The House of Peter MacGregor has been maintained by Dramas of Life, which are now being replaced by a new feature, Sally Lane, Reporter. Sally is a bright and attractive girl reporter on a city daily paper who, through ‘her industry and alertness, has risen to a position of some importance. She and her editor have long suspected that racketeers are making an_ illicit profit out of the city’s milk supply. Sally’s efforts to run down the culprits and to clean up many other evils in the city make an exciting story, not without its romantic interest and with plenty of humour. Sally Lane, Reporter began from 1ZB on March 3, and will begin from 2ZB on March 10, from 3ZB on "March 17, and 4ZB on March 24, play- | ing at 10.30 a.m. from Monday to Friday inclusive, following the starting date at each station. NEW feature which will shortly be heard from the ZB stations is Beyond the Rainbow, a fantasy with a particular appeal to children. The scripts are by the Christchurch writer P. T. Hall and the production is in the hands of Bryan O’Brien, already well known for his children’s sessions. : HE session Tales and Legends which ran with success last year will soon be reappearing on the programmes in an entirely new series. On March 17 Tales and Legends will begin to play from Stations 1ZB, 2ZB, and 3ZB at 5.15 p.m. and from 2ZA at 5.30 p.m, and will be heard each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evening at -those times. * * Ea ERRY BOTTLE is a Cockney who, to quote his wife, "has done nothing for thirty years but sit around waiting for his uncle’s money." Sally Bottle, it must be admitted, has had a good deal to put up with. She has heard so much about the Bottles that she feels she has married a whole brewery, but in spite of all she has been told about him, she remains suspicious of the very existence of the uncle with money. Jerry is a delightful character with an even temper and plenty of optimism. Among his worldly blessings he may count not only Sally, but an amazing grandfather-in-law. Bottle Castle, wherein listeners will meet Jerry, Sally and the grandfather, is scheduled to begin from 2ZB on Friday, March 13, at 7.15 pm. and will be heard every Friday evening at that time and also on Saturdays at 8.30 p.m. (The starting times at other stations wi!l be notified in this column next week.) Bottle Castle is a local production and the leading parts are played by Harry Painter and Sinclair Ronald.