Stalking Lions Is Great Sport

Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 51, 30 June 1933, Page 15

Stalking Lions Is Great Sport

Big-Game Hunter from 1YA-Cambridge Student Who Disliked N.Z, Farm Life-Former Christchurch Minister Speaks from Sydney Station.

IG-SHOOTING and deer-stalking in the wilds of Central Otago might sound exciting enough for the average New Zealander, but, even as a small boy, Mr. 'H. J. Edwards, who is speaking at present from 1YA on "Big Game Hunting," had a wistful eye on the bigger and more ferocious game that lurked in the African jungle. The South African War gave him an unexpected chance, and, throwing up an engineering apprentice’s job in Invercargill, he sailed off in high glee to the land of the lion. When peace was declared Mr. Edwards journeyed from Natal to Pretoria, and, within a fortnight, had joined an exploration expedition bound for the north and expecting to be away for two years. What a glorious chance it was! And, by the time he returned to civilisation, Mr. Edwards was thoroughly conversant with the tricks of the creatures that stalk the veldt. For several more years he was engaged on engineering work in Portuguese Africa, German West Africa, and the Lake Country above the equator. Mr. Edwards returned to New Zealand some time ago. LJ ge 2 SHAT among the City Fathers is usually reserved for the more mellow of our citizens, but Mr. W. H. Carson, who talks from 4YA_ on "Famous Trials and Famous Men of Affairs," believes in starting young.

Although he is still in his ’twenties, Mr. Carson contested a seat on the Dunedin City Council at the last municipal elections and polled well-but not quite well enough to enter the august company. Among the legal fraternity of Otago’s capital Mr. Carson is a popular figure, while, during his career at the Otago University, where he took his law degree, he was actively asso-

ciated with the administrative side, eventually occupying the position of vice-president of the Students’ Association. Be] Ls] AITAKI’S head boy for 1926, Noel Woods, has forged ahead in the last year or two, and is now history master at John McGlashen College and lecturer in modern history at Otago University. At Waitaki he was prominent in both scholastic and sporting circles, and was one of the pioneering souls who started the wireless club at the southern school, Passing on to Varsity in Dunedin he specialised in modern history, topping the classes in that subject for five years running. As editor of the "Knox Collegian" and the "University Review," he was able to cultivate his literary talent, and Mr. Woods can now point with pride to a sheaf of articles of New Zealand his-tory-and claim the authorship. Listeners to 4YA next week will hear this’ clever young New Zealander speak on Te Rauparaha, the famous Maori chief. xt % * QORN in London at the tender age of nought (his own expression), Mr. Martin Cock, whose talks on "The Romance of British Cathedrals" is interesting a large circle of 4YA listeners, seems to have poked about in many of the odd corners of this old earth, At four months he chewed large portions off a volume of Dean Stanley’s "Tombs of the Kings of England". since which time archaeology and kindred subjects have been his hobbies. He went up to Cambridge, but, noticing the ease with which that university could beat Oxford (even without his services), he left and went into business as a wine merchant. Eventually New, Zealand’s wide open spaces called, and he became a cadet on a farm in this country. At the end of the year he left the farm with only one regret-that he had ever gone on,to it. Mr. Cock suggests that the farmer probably had the same regret. For three years he did "this, that and the other person," but, for the past six months, has been living in Dunedin. x a we "a UST as if he has been in the room," was the verdict of Miss Blanche Thomson, of Christchurch, after she had listened-in to 2CH,.Sydney, and heard her brother, the Rev. A. T. Thomson, speak from that station on a recent evening. The voice was absolute- ly clear and quite undisturbed by statie, and the talk continued uninterruptedly for 20 minutes. Mr.» Thomson was formerly in charge of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, near the Christchurch Hospital, and he is now the agent of the British and Foreign Bible Society, which has its headquarters in Melbourne. He had previously sent word to his sister that he would be on the air, but he could not have dreamed how perfect the reception would be.

MEET the Birthday Lady, whose face looks out from this page. ‘she has another alias-Pandora-but her right name is Ella Brittain, and she has recently arrived from Perth (where she took her B.A. degree, incidentally)

to take charge of the women’s and children’s session at 2ZW, Wellington. Pandora has a most attractive voice and her knowledge of the child mind has endeared her to the "small fry" in thousands of New Zealand homes, The women’s session from this popular B station is in Pandora’s care too, and her talks, ranging from household hints ° chats on bridge, are eagerly listened 0. "! 2 co) Po [N years and appearance Ray Allsopp, of Sydney, seems too young to be a pioneer. But his name, nevertheless, is writ large in the history of Australian radio. Since he was a small schoolboy Allsopp has been keen on wireless, and he was on the Argyllshire as a wireless operator when she was torpedoed during the war. Returning to Australia, he was successful in 1923 in transmitting by wireless telephone to America and England. Before broadcasting was developed on @ commercial scale Allsopp established the first 2BL station (Sydney), and was the first man to relay long-distance stations to Australia. When the Government took over broadcasting Allsopp turned his attention to talkingpicture equipment and radio receivers. Both sets of gear bear the same name -Raycophone-and both have been successful.