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ME. AND MRS. F. T. WARD, missionaries on Pitcairn Island, have prepared a series of talks which are currently being heard from 4YA. The first of the series, entitled "A Ship Calls," proved to be a very vivid picture of this almost inaccessible outpost. We met the islanders, so téd speak, on an equal footing, and this was due to the missionaries’ use of the pronoun "we." In most travel talks, the listener is merely required to sit back and listen while a description is given of places and people in whom he can take at best only a second-hand observer’s interest. With the friendly use of "we," which seemed to include the listener too, the people of Pitcairn became near neighbours instead of something out of a travelogue; and the exhilarating experience of pushing off for the ship in that tossing whale-boat was one which came over the radio surprisingly graphically. Such things as the long-drawn hail of "Sail-oh!", the description of the signal-bells, and the varied orders. shouted as the boat navigates rough waters, were all minor but excellent details whereby a straightforward talk was converted into a dramatic description. These talks are to be given fortnightly, and the next one will certainly find me listening.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 444, 26 December 1947, Page 9
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