DEATH OF D. T. VENABLES
HE death occurred on March 4 of Drayton Venables, L.T.C.L., for 11 years Officer-in-Charge of Station 2YD, which is distinguished for its large and
particularly individual following. In his younger days Mr. Venables had a fine baritone voice and was heard frequently in broadcast and concert recitals. Older listeners in the Whangarei district will remember him as a teacher as well as a performer. Mr. Venables started with broadcasting in 1926. At the old 1YA in Symonds Street he was station director, programme organiser and announcer and, when an artist failed him, he filled the gap himself. He possessed one of the finest private music, reference libraries in New Zealand and from that he drew his immense knowledge, particularly of opera and ballet works. The many kind deeds for which he was known were not confined to members of the NZBS staffs, but extended to a wider field during the depression years when he appeared at countless charity concerts.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 714, 20 March 1953, Page 15
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164DEATH OF D. T. VENABLES New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 714, 20 March 1953, Page 15
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