WEDNESDAY

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 6, 22 August 1930, Page 10

WEDNESDAY

Auckland Features. "THER will be the usual relay of the community singing at the Town Hall from 12.30 p.m. At 7.40 Mr. Norman Kerr will continue. his. interesting and instructive talks on "Physical Culture." The main portion of the evening programme will be given by the Birkenhead Municipal Band under the direction of Lieut. J. T. Lighton. This band, composed mainly of young players, is steadily making a name for it-

self in Auckland, and this will be the first opportunity listeners generally will have of hearing it. A new vocalist will appear in the person of Mr. S. Hislop, a young bass-baritone, who will sing "Drake Goes West," "Tally Ho!" and "Aylesbury Ducks." Mr. J. ¥.. Montague will give further humorous sketches from his extensive repertoire, and Mr. William Leo Benbow, who has often appeared at 2F0, Sydney, will be heard in vocal accompanied ay the Spanish guitar. Silent Day at 2YA. The Programme from 3YA, HE vocalists will be Mrs. Graham Jamieson (mezzo-contralto), Mr. ’ Syd. Andrews (tenor), and Mr. Fred -- A. Bullock (baritone), while elocutionary items will be given by Miss Dorothy Jenkin. fhe instrumental portion of the programme will be provided by Miss Lucy Fullwood (pianiste), and the Studio Octet, which will play "Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance" (Fletcher), a selection from "La Trayjiata," Bellini’s overture "Norma," incidental music to "Monsieur Beaucaire,’ and Eirn’s "Pulcinello." The

whole concert will provide an entertainment of a high standard. On the Air from 4YA. HE Home Science Pxtension Department of Otago University will broadcast a talk this afternoon on "Salads." At 7.15 Mr. G. A. Holmes will speak to farmers on "The Improvement of Poor Pasture." Both talks are under the auspices of the 4YA Primary Productions Committee. The Novelty Syncopaters will help to brighten the evening’s concert. Numerous popular melodies played by them will intersperse the programme. There will also be piano novelties by Mr. J. M. Wilson, while Messrs. J. McCaw and T. Law will play a saxoPhone duet, "Slip’n’ Sax." The vocal portion of the programme will be contributed by Miss T. C. Blackman (mezzo-soprano), Miss D. Youd (contralto), and Mr. D. Wrathall. Mr. A. Gorrie will give a_ lecture-recital, "Twelve Minutes ‘With Kipling." Dance Items Notes from 3YA. rp Bailey-Marston Dance Orchestra will be featured, interspersing the

concert items and continuing with dance music till 14 p.m. The vocalists for the evening will be Miss Jean Johnson (contralto) and Mr. Sydney Armstrong (baritone). Mr. George Titchener will dispense humour, ’Cello solos by Mr. Harold Beck will be "Skye Boat Song" and Becker’s "Minuetto."

a ee A EE LE ae A aE a tt From 4YA. AMONG the songs to be heard will be: "A Song of Autumn," "Summer Afternoon," "Blind Ploughman," ‘Crown of the Year," "Fishermen of MQngland,"’ "Marcheta," "The . Diver," "Flute Across the Lake," "Ash Grove," and "Mary of Argyle." The vocalists will be Miss M. Isobel Crowe, Miss Betty Hamilton, Mr. R. A. Mitchell, and Mr. B. C. Bellhouse. Miss Leonore Mackenzie will give three elocutionary items. There will be instrumental items by "fr. Max Scherek (piano), Mr. P. J. Palmer (’cello)', and the 4YA Trio.

Civic Farewell Broadcast [HE Hon. G. W. Forbes, who is to represent New Zealand at the ¥mperial Conference, will be given a civic farewell in Wellington on Sattrday evening, August 23. Speeches will be made by Mr. Geo. Troup (Mayor of Wellington), the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates (Leader of the Opposition), and Mr. H. E. Holland (Leader of the Labour Party). Mr. Forbes will reply. The proceedings will be broadcast,