ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 659, 22 February 1952, Page 5

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Axiom (Hamilton).-Many thanks. You should be interested in a new feature which begins in this issue. Alpha (Christchurch).-More suitable for a daily newspaper. We prefer letters which deal with broadcasting or with topics raised in The Listener. T. Barr (Palmerston North).-Yes. The title was changed, possibly because West Point was not then as well known abroad as it is now. _. Robert Walton (Auckland).-No detailed information jis available on The Adventures of Peter Chance. In Alias the Baron, John Mannering is played by Alistair Duncan. G. Ashley (Hamilton).-There is a standing instruction that changes in the advertised Programmes are to be announced at the time of the scheduled broadcast and a_ suitable apology expressed. It is regretted that in the cases you mention the instruction was not carried out. _ Better Management from 4YA.-Alterations in advertised programmes, impossible to avoid entirely, are never made without good and urgent reason. as in the example you mention. The explanation would be too long for a note here; but it will gladly be supplied to you if you wish: Your other points noted; thanks. : Fed Up (Murchison).-The time between judge’s placings and the announcement of official dividends was, as the rules of racing require, five minutes, approximately. As this was the last race, the interval could not be used to give starters and riders for the next trace. In the meantime, the system has been slithtly changed, the; announcer giving the . dividends (unconfirmed) as they appear on the board and the studio later confirming or corrécting them, See ee