News from Across the Tasman

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 11, 27 September 1929, Page 3

News from Across the Tasman

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given the : A.B: ©. " fnaugurated the daily devotional service from 2FC, hundréds. of ‘letters have been received congratulating the company on the’ innovation. . This: ‘service, which: is held daily, ‘between 11:15 a.m. and 11.30 a.m., has proved’ a great: comfort, not only to those’ ‘in need: of; good counsel and cheer, but also to: the’ aged dnd. sick who cannot visit any place. of worship. The ; A.B.C.: should: be proud of this

introduction in. the week-day , programmes,, and should endeavour to. maintain. the high standard « of public service already set. HE A. B. C. ‘Male Quartet, once known " as .the’ Radio Male Quartet, are probably the .best ‘known and most popular radio performers in Australia. Their large.and, very varied. repertoire and their excellent harmony, have endeared them to the Australian listenerin. RECENTLY, the organiser of the Boys’ Aero Club, Sydney, made an announcement over the air that he had made, arrangements to take a ‘party of members over the French cruiser Tourville ‘on a visit of inspection. ‘He was able to.make only oné announcement, tothe effect that: any’ members who might like'to meét him on the appointed day could join the party, and he was hopeful that at least fifty boys would be there. What was his-astonishment, therefore, when he arrived at the meeting place to find that:the call had been answered by: over five ‘hundred ! At the suggestion of the. Royal Motor Yacht Club, the Australian Broadcasting Company, Limited, is :inangurating.a special forecast for the benefit of yachting-and fishing enthusiasts. Arrangements, have been made to secure each week:forecasts and conditions of the weather, and it is expected: that

‘this innovation will prove of vast material benefit to those who "go down to the sea in ships." Four little girls’ who have each learned to: play several different ‘instruments, ‘were a big attraction on the programme of' the entertainment which the radio uncles and aunts gave ‘at Fuller’s Theatre on Saturday last. They gave a splendid performance, and

are ‘to be congratulated on their versatility and talent. Among them they ean play six widely-different instruments, and, in addition, they can each sing well. At one theatre they repeated their performance no less than four times, and wherever they have appeared their success has been immediate. 'N interesting lecture, and one that should. prove very popular with New. Zealand listeners, will be given by Mr. T. 8S. Gurr, on Maori customs and rites, from station 2BL, Sydney, on September 24. The subject is one with which the lecturer is very convers‘ant, as for some years past he has made a close personal study: of the

Maori people. The history of the Maori, highly imaginative as he is, is probably one of the most interesting racial records known. His rites and legends, his unusual customs, his folk lore and myth, all these make an absorbing and fascinating study, and every listener-in capable of receiving 2BI should not miss this unique opportunity of learning a little more about. the earlier history of the land in which they live. ‘A NEW departure in broadcasting will be heard from 2FC, Sydney, on September 28, when a play entitled "Give and Take" will be presented to the public. The humorous and shrewd-ly-drawn character studies in this Hebrew play make it easily equal, if not superior, to that well known comedy, "Potash and Perlmutter," and its stage success in Sydney and Melbourne was phenomenal. Should this experiment of broadcasting an entire play prove successful, the A.B.C. Radio Repertory Players will broadcast a new play each week.

OSEPH POST,:a young Australian, who proved his :worth by the mas: terly way in which he handled the musie and orchestra of the grand opera "Teora" (produced recently in Australia for the first time), will make his bow before the microphone on September 25, when he conducts the Wireless Singers for the first time. His great aptitude for the difficult branch of musie he has chosen to specialise in, makes it certain that his success on the air will not be less than that he achieved on the concert platform. R. A. G. ELLIS, who, as a boy, had a voice which earned him the title of the "Boy Nightingale," will give his next performance from 2FC on September 24. Mr. Ellis has travelled widely, and has had many interesting experiences, not the least interesting of which was his organisation of concerts in the trenches, which, he says, amused the enemy quite as much as_ themselves. "THE moral of the whimsicality which the H. W. Varna Company will broadcast from 2FC on September 25, is "Go In and Win." A cautious city business man takes what he considers insane advice in a last faint hope of making-a little money. ‘This apparently foolish action brings astonishing results which furnish the plot of "Jiggery Pokery." ‘To elaborate on the plot would destroy the listeners’ interest in a very amusing and original play. It is sufficient that there is heaps of entertainment in this novel production, and people who lament their inability to make money easily, should listen-in without fail.