Evening Talks Worth Hearing

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 7, 28 August 1931, Page 12

Evening Talks Worth Hearing

(This list is not complete, but selective only.) Aug. 31, 2YA, 7.40 pm. .. H. ©. South ...... Books, Aug. 31, 38YA, 7.80 p.m... E. EK. Wiltshire .... Books of the Month. Aug. 31, 3YA, 9.4 p.m... W. A. Rouse ...... Town Life in the Country. Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept, Sept. Sept. Sept. 31, 4YA, 31, 4¥A, 1, 1¥A, 1, 1¥A, 2, 1YA, 2, 2YA, 2, 2¥A, 2, 3YA, 2, 4YA, 3, 3YA, 4, 2¥A, 4, ‘BY A, 4, 3YA, 5, TYA, 5, 2YA, 7.30 9.2 7.40 8.5 7.40 7.40 9.5 7.15 9.15 9.2 7.40 7.80 9.4 7.40 7.40 p.m... p.m... p.m.. p.m . p.m.. p.m... p.m... p.m, John Bowie E. Wood ...... . "Sparwood" ("N.Z. Referee’ ) . Norman Heath .,.. p.m... p.m. p.m. p.m.. p.m... DNL. p.m... Miss G. Driver .... EF. M. Bateson .... Guy H. Scholefield, D. BH. Parton ..... Chas. A. Martin, Mus.Bae, LAB. 3. F. D. White, M.Se., B.A. J. W. Fergie ....- W. A. Pattison .... E. Inveagh Lord ... Rev. W. W. Avery . Dr. I. A. Hemming Barly Otago. International Trading, Dogs. Latvia. Book Review, Stars. International Talk. Tree Trimming. Grieg. Yhe Andes. Main Trunk Railway. Furs, The Story Coast, Daffodils, Pronunciation of English. of the Golden For the best 300-word critical commentary upon any ‘one of the Talks listed above, a weekly prize of 6/8 will be given; others used paid for at space rates, Comments should indicate speaker’s view, treatment, manner of presentation and appeal to listeners, with sympathetic suggestions for improvement, if any. The object is. to direct attention to the wealth of valuable matter made available in these talks and record outstanding deliverances, thus increasing usefulness of this means of community culture, Black type in the list means that that talk is suggested as specially suitable for treatment, either because of the speaker being new, or the interest of the subject. MSS. must reach "Critic," "Radio Record," Box 1032, Wellington, for Sunday’s clearance.

"the point of view of delivery, It is interesting to trace the uses made by the Maori of various of our native birds -the mutton bird used for exchange and barter, the Kiwi’s feathers for ‘decorative robes and cloaks, the parrot, grey warbler, and others, as the basis of some excellent proverbs. I forget whether the speaker (Mr. A. H. Nepia was, I believe, the name) said that a woman in the house was "as bad as" or "worse than" a parrot in the bush. Perhaps it was a case of fifty-fifty. The proverb applied to a very lazy worker who has been absent from necessary toil is very neat; translated it means: "Where were you at the call of the grey warbler?" Those of us who have lived in the open At all will remember the everlasting slightly plaintive cry of the thousands of grey warblers as they flit from gorse bush to gorse bush fori in and out of the ti-tree; a cry which ‘goes on from dawn until I hope there will be more of these talks on Maori lore, history and tradition, Our knowledge of our respected neighbours is much too superficial, and the race being steeped in tradition, it seems a pity not to gain a closer knowledge and understanding.