THIRTY YEARS AFTER

New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 304, 20 April 1945, Page 15

THIRTY YEARS AFTER

Radio Telephone Appeal on Anzac Day

25, which falls on a Wednesday this year, will -have a special sigrificance. It will be the 30th anniversary of the landing at Gallipoli by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps in the First.Great War, ‘and also the date of the 1945 Patriotic Campaign telephone appeal. | The telephone appeal will start at 6.30 p.m. from the four main stations, also from 2YH, 2YN, 3ZR, 4¥Z, 2YB, 2ZJ, 1ZM and the five stations. two reasons, Anzac Day, April *« At 6.40 p.m. a special Anzac programme will be featured, under the title "Thirty Years After." The NBS has arranged for special messages to be exchanged with the Australian Broadcasting Commission between 6.40 p.m. and 7.10 p.m., and it is hoped that these will include messages from the Hon. Walter Nash (Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand) and the Rt. Hon. J. Curtin (Prime Minister of Australia). Endeavours are also being made, to secure messages from General Sir Bernard Freyberg and General Sir Thomas Blamey and from Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood, veteran of the Anzac campaign. At 7.10 p.m. acknowledgments of contributions to the loan will be broadcast and there will be a link-up for the issuing of progress reports at 8.15. At 9.45 each district chairman will give the total received in his district and at 10.45 p.m. and 11.45 p.m. further progress reports will be broadcast. Telephone numbers for receiving contributions will be: Auckland City and Suburbs 44-880, 32-440, 32-680, 32-700, and 49-840 for the auctioning of goods; Wellington, including Lower Hutt and Khandallah 56-244 and 44-040; Christchurch 25-077 and 38-308; Dunedin 11-816 and 12-456; Oamaru 1772; Blenheim 1670; Hamilton 4706; Wanganui 2181; Hawera 2001; Stratford 395; Napier 4975; Hastings and Havelock North 3511; Gisborne 4247; Palmerston North 7820; Whangarei 2739; Marton 2399; Dannevirke 2054. Anyone connected with the manual exchange may ask for "Patriotic." SS

Already the NBS has received many inquiries for entry forms for the 1945 Victory Loan Theme Song Competition, conditions of which may be obtained from all radio stations. The prizes are £15, £10, and £5, and there are indications that the competition will be a popular one. The song need not necessarily refer to the Victory Loan, but may be of a general patriotic nature. The entry forms and schedules may also be obtained from the Director of Broadcasting, P.O. Box 3045, Wellington.