New Settlers in New Session

New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 664, 28 March 1952, Page 11

New Settlers in New Session

"THE voices of foreign-born \ new settlers will be heard from 2XA Wanganui at 8.0 p.m. on Tuesday, April 1, in the first of -a new series of talks on Fun with Words. When L. M. H. Cave, who prepared a similar series late last year, planned these talks he considered that the relations between English and other languages could be illustrated best by introducing other voices to show similarities. In the same way native-born speakers will demonstrate the dialects of English which Mr. Cave will discuss on April 8. Other talks will, discuss the pronunciation of English through the ages, and the language’s Germanic, classical and other orjgins. Those "other origins" will show how English has bor-. rowed as a result of exploration and the expansion of trade. The talks will be heard weekly on Tuesdays at 8.0 p.m. Mr. Cave, who is an adult education tutor-organiser for the Wanganui-Tara-naki district, was born in Wanganui, had part of his education at Wanganui Collegiate School, and later returned to the school as a teacher. He is very interested in immigration as it affects both new settlers and native-born New Zealanders, as listeners who have heard other broad- casts in which he has had a hand will know. A The Gen. from 2ZA ATURDAY, March 29, is Air Force Day and the target for former "blue orchids" and the like will be the R.N.Z.A.F. station at Ohakea. Grounded erks who can’t join "ops" on this occasion, but who want to follow the show, can tune in on the "intercom" provided

by 2ZA. Ian Watkins, the 2ZA’s airborne division, was to be on reconnaisance patrol on Thursday, March 27, and his recorded programme from an aircraft in flight over Palmerston North to be! broadcast from 2ZA at 9.30 that evening. But on March 29 Mr. Watkins will be stationed, with tape-recorder, in the Ohakea Control Tower to log for listeners the "gen" on the aerial activities of the day. This recorded programme will be broadcast the following evening (Sunday, March 30) at 1845 hours, or 6.45 p-m., to the civvies. An annual activity, "Air Force Day," may lack some of the atmosphere of "Scramble" and "Going In" which wartime flying®involved, but the background sound effects and the on-the-spot commentary of the 2ZA programme should revive memories for many. Resounding Success JHEN a concert party from iYA visited Papakura Military Camp the other day the applause was so hearty that the technicians had trouble in monitoring it, and emphatically declared that a permanent recording of it would be! the pride and joy of any sound effects library. The men in camp thought the show a great success. Listeners will be able to form their own opinions this Saturday (March 29), at 7.30 p.m., when a delayed broadcast will be heard from 1YA. Among those taking part were the John MacKenzie Trio, Thomas Hanna (baritone), Nolan Rafferty (piano accordion), The Knaves, Ellen Vann (vocalist), Peter Gwynne (impersonations), June Trelawney (soprano) and Hugh Gordon (tin whistle).