N.Z.'s Link With Scotland Yard

Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 4, 4 August 1933, Page 42

N.Z.'s Link With Scotland Yard

Head of British C.LD. Was Brother of One-time Chief of New Zealand Police-Glaring Headlights-Putting America’s House in Order.

"THE brief outline of the history of Scotland Yard by Captain W. J. Melville and the anecdotes of personages connected with the institution was a most acceptable contribution from 2YA. Captain Melville explained the difference between the police definition of an anarchist and a nihilist, and related the circumstances that brought the Criminal Investigation Department into being. The one blot on the Yard’s fair name was that in connection with the turf frauds in 1877 when officers were implicated. A superintendent was arrested and his colleagues were brought to justice. [NTERESTIN G accounts were related of the anarchists’ attempts to blow up London Bridge, Nelson’s Monument, and the buildings of the Yard itself. Captain Melville also spoke of the. many famous chiefs that he knew personally, including the modern Samson, Donald Dinnie, and, of course, of his own father. It is not generally known to the younger generation that Mr, Walter Dinnie, late Chief of New Zealand Police, was a brother of the famous head of the British 0.1.D., and that our fingerprint expert is Mr, Dinnie, junior. A capital story was the one of the pickpocket who on one of his tours of the country collected about £70 a day. He sent the money to his sister for safe-keeping, and she, out of concern for his soul, donated it to a famous church in the form of a stained-glass window. Telling the incidence of the window to one of the chiefs, the thief remarked that he never saw it without feeling an urge to put a brick through it. g 3 2 4,VERY motorist, every cyclist and pedestrian, would be glad to hear from Mr. W. Sutherland, secretary of the Wellington Automobile Club, that the matter of glaring headlights was receiving the attention of the authorities. The necessity for limiting the candlepower of lamps was recognised years ago and suitable ation was taken, DISsIMiLaR characteristics observable in Hellenic states in the days of their glory were reflected in the diverse treatment of children, according to Mrs. B. W. Kane. In Pericles’ Athens the child enjoyed a sheltered existence comparable to that prevailing among modern civilised races, Girls received no education, but the importance of instructing boys that they might become worthy citizens of the most cultured state was recognised and acted upon. Devotion to their city state was inculeated by educating the children to become aware of their great heritage individually, and team work was unknown. = * 5] ROBLEMS confronting Sparta made other measures necessary, and the commonweal view of the purpose of everyone’s existence was that each must be the servant of the state

to preserve its entity. The living were of the sternest fibre. At birth children were plunged into eld baths or exposed by the patriarchs to eliminate the weaklings. There were no luxuries in the houses, women were the equal of men, and fended for themselves.

The master never ate at home, and at seven years of age boys left home for good. At 30 years of age a man gained full citizenship after a life of greatest hardships, and with such material Sparta survived many wars until it finally succumbed to Rome.

S might be expected, Mr. Voco’s timely Coster Concert was a sparkling one that would provoke many "I remembers" among the Cockney element. Although it was not announced, I presume the Calliope prelude to the Mendelssohn hour was by the mighty instrument of Lord George Sanger. tr % N bis talk on "World Affairs," Dr. Guy H. Scholefield remarked that no doubt most people were disappointed ut America’s secession from the Economic Conference, but it must be recognised that she has domestic problems that require undivided attention undistracted by conferences. With 15 million unemployed and the banks in half the States closed, action of some kind was imperative, and its urgency was an immediate concern. Dr. Scholefield lucidly explained the powers recently invested in the President and the action of the industrial "codes." @ * FS AMERICA has launched a revolutionary experiment in political, economic and civic science, and while recognising that world recovery is essential to complete success in her scheme, America has made a hold attempt to put her own house in order. It is too early to attempt to predict the outcome of the experiment, said Dr. Scholefield, and quoted the opinion of one discerning observer, who asserts that new America will not be capitalistie and definitely not socialistic, but general interest qill not be sacrificed to the aims of the individual in future. & % & "THOSH who take an interest in drama have missed a rare treat if they ‘ have failed to tune to 4YA during Professor T. D. Adams’s discourses upon ancient Greek drama. The dramatic quality of Miss McLellan’s voice together with her interpretative faculty, the histrionic skill of Mr. Fleming, and the commentaries and technical artistry of the professor have combined to make the series one of the most interesting and stirring episodes of New Zealand broadcasting. May we hope for a further series upon the same subject? ye a % ey the concluding session of his series, "Words and Their Ways," Mr. L. R. Palmer dealt with some comparatively recent arrivals. Like many others, Mr. Palmer can find no reason to deplore some of the American terms now attached to our language. Many of the additions are apt and expressive and these are likely to remain. The series has been most entertaining as well as informative, and the origin of surnames has apparently excited very wide interest. So large has been the . number of requests for an explanation of the meaning of many names that Mr. Palmer had to be allotted a further ten minutes on the following Monday to deal with them.

~ Sports from All Parts of N.Z. ener Broadcasts of Races and Football Saturday, August 5. 11.35 am., 3YA, ‘Trots from Addington. 2.45 p.m., LYA. Rugby from Eden Park. 2.45 p.m., 2YA. Rugby from Athletic Park. 3 p.m, 4YA. Representative Rugby, Marlborough v. Otago, from Carisbrook Ground. 10 p.m., All YA stations. Sports summary. Monday, August 7. 9.2 p.m., LYA. Wrestling from Town Hall. Tuesday, August 8. 11.15 am.,3YA. C.J.C. Grand National Meeting from Riccarton, Wednesday, August 9. 11.30 am., 3YA. Trots from Addington, Thursday, August 10. 11.15am.,3YA. C.J.C. Grand National Meeting from Riccarton. Friday, August 11. 11.30 am., 3YA. ‘Trots from Addington. 7.30 p.m, 1YA. Sports talk. Saturday, August 12. 11.15 am., 3YA. C.J.C. Meeting from Riccarton. 2.45 p.m., LYA. Rugby from Eden Park. 3 pm, 2YA. Rugby from Athletic Park, 3 p.m,, 4YA. Otago v. Southland from Carisbrook Ground. 9.2 p.m., LYA. Wrestling from Town Hall. 10 p.m., All YA statians. Sports summary.