Notes and News from the North

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 48, 12 June 1931, Page 12

Notes and News from the North

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HE extensive series of manufacturers’ talks now being given from 1YA are being very well received by listeners and are doing good work in reminding them of the various Dominion industries, in addition to promoting a better understanding between the . branches of industry and also between manufacturers and consumers. Although many of the titles of these talks ‘sound "dry," in popular parlance, the actual matter in them is the very. opposite, and the interest they are arousing is most graitfying. On June 18 Mr. B. Hill wil speak on "Modern Food-Packing in Cardboard Cartons and Fibreboard. Containers"; and on June 25 Mr. S, BE. Wright will talk on "The Iron Industry and Its Products." RDBAL "novelty" night at 1YA will be given on July 3. Mr. C. Roland will play the phono-fiddle, an uncommon instrument consisting of a onestring fiddle with an old-fashioned gramophone horn attached; Peter Black, baritone, and Charlie Purdy, siffleur, will perform together; and Ray Jury will be heard in xylophone solos. ON June 23 a fortnightly series of talks on dogs will commence, the speaker being "Sparwood," who is well known by readers of the "N.Z. Referee." ' The subject is a popular dne, and as "Sparwood" is an ‘authority on dogs he should be listened to with interest. [HE annual reunion of the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters was held on June 2, the past president of. the

association, Mr. T. R. Clarkson, presiding over a large attendance. A feature of the evening was the Morse contest, which was won by Mr..J. Surman with-an average speed of 28 words a minute. The chairman referred to the remarkable progréss made‘in amateur radio in the British’ Empire during the past year, and emphasised the importance‘of the radio amateur to the community. QN July 8 Mrs. Zoe Bartley-Baxter and her company will present three short comedies from 1YA. The first of these will be "The Waterfall," an incident of New Zealand bush life outback, written. by Marie Gordon, of Auckland; the second will be "Partners," which concerns the choosing of a young man’s career; and the third is entitled "The Coward,’ a comedy with a thrill. Two enterprising young Aucklanders who were out of jobs bought an old car chassis for a mere song, built the body for it themselves, secured the agency for a well-known make of receiver, and set forth on the road. From ‘all accounts their enterprise has been well repaid, for, in spite of poor butterfat. cheques, several of the provincial farmers have purchased quite expensive sets. , "TP REASURE Island" was successfully broadcast. from 1YA on the King’s Birthday. The play is based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous story, and .the incidents of the story. were closely followed, in, the production.

— | Long John Silver, the arch scoundrel, and his cut-throats, Black Dog, Morgan, Hands, .Merry, and the rest of them, came to life again and did their worst; and Jim Hawkins, the hero of the story, fought and planned against them and won out in the end. Perhaps the best played parts were Captain Bones, Pew, Smollet, Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver, Merry, and the little boy, "Billy." This latter part was most natural, and the voice was clear and pure. The overtures, incidental music, and the sea chanties fitted in admirably with the atmosphere of the play.