Our Mailbag

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 18, 15 November 1929, Page 12

Our Mailbag

"World’s Thrift Day." WT is seldom that we have any very serious complaints to make in regards to the programmes offering from the various YA stations, but this evening’s output gives every true-born, Scotsman something to chew over for some time to come. Is it possible that the complete staff of the Broadcasting Company are steeped in profound ignorance to what day this is? Is there not one amongst them who has a drop of North-of-the-[Tweed blood in his veins? I don’t know what happened during the bed-time sessions, perhaps "Cousin Dick" came to the fore, but I myself hastened home from the shearing shed with happy thoughts and anticipations of a joyous and skirling Scottish evening, yet on turning up the. programmes to determine which station was most worthy of prior attention, I was thunderstruck to’ find the whole affair a washout, and that Dunedin of all stations in the world was having, its customary night off! The fact appears to me almost incredible, Can it be possibile that New Zealand is unaware that, except in the case of bank clerks, October 31 ranks in imPortance even before St. Andrew’s Day in Scotland, in fact, according to the age of the individual, it may also take precedence before the other two great national celebrations, New Year’s Day and the birthday of our Scottish bard, Mr. Burns. No wonder that the "fizzly" devils gre abroad and making merry to-night and Wellington’s very fine concert is

completely wiped out at intervals up here. I trust that at least Dunedin may remember to celebrate the great harmonious annual festival of evil spirits and their- brother Scots when the time for "dooking fur © dipples" comes round again next Hallowe'en. I take it, however, that it is purely by coincidence on this night of openhanded Scottish generosity with their neighbours’ "kail-runts," that Station 2FC announces for this date the celebration of the "World’s Phrift Dav"

George

Fraser

(Ohura).