A RADIO TREAT

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 11, 30 September 1927, Page 4

A RADIO TREAT

REV. J. ROBERTSON FROM 38¥A. The Rev. J, Robertson, who came from Australia 18 months ago to take charge of the Oxford Street Baptist Church, Christchurch, is to speak from 3YA on Friday on "The Romance of the Discovery of Australia." The subject is a most interesting one, but even if it were not Mr. Robertson wonld make the telling interesting. He has a particularly good radio presence, and has faced the microphone in Australia and in New Zealand. A widely-trayelled gentleman-to a great extent exploring off the beaten track in Australia-and having made a study of the subject on which he has chosen to talk for parce tame ~~

radio, Mr. Robertson is well equipped to provide an educational treat for listeners. He took his theological course at the Queensland Baptist College, and graduated in history, philosophy, and languages at Melbourne Uni--versity. Incidentally it may be mentioned that he was an inter-State footballer and keen tennis player. He saw service in the Great War as a chaplain with the Australian troops, and when, after ten yenrs’ service, he resigned prior to coming to New Zealand, he was the senior chaplain of his military district. When in Victoria Mr. Robertson had charge of one of the leading churches. As a churchman, he favours the broadcasting of services, his experience in Australia having convinced him that radio is an ally whose help in the broadcasting of the Gospel should be sought and encouraged. Mr. Robertson’s lecture on Friday will be the first of a series.