The PIED PIPER'S PAGE — News, Views and Comments

Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 7, 25 August 1933, Page 18

The PIED PIPER'S PAGE — News, Views and Comments

Looking Forward 1YA Sept. 1: B.B.C. Programme, "World’s Away." 2YA Sept. 7: Relay of Apollo Singers’ Concert, featuring "The Desert." 3YA Sept. 10: B.B.0. Programme, "Ellan _ Vannin." Sept. 16: B.B.C. Vaudeville Programme. 4YA Sept. 10: B.B.C. Programme, "World’s Away." Sept. 16: B.B.C. Programme, "Songs from the Shows." Sept. 30: B.B.C. Vaudeville Programme, oes [THE programmes for the coming week are, if anything, rather better than usual, and include several features which merit the term outstanding. * * eo

PRIDE of place on Monday evening must be given to 2YA, which will be relaying from Otaki a Maori demonstration and concert under the direction of Mr. Kingi Tahiwi. Otaki is one of the most interesting spots in New Zealand historically, and is still the dwelling-place of some of the Dominion’s most talented Maoris. The Tahiwi family, now known, per medium of their. gramophone records, in most parts of the world, hail from. Otaki, and will no doubt play no small part in Monday evening’s entertainment. On the evening under review, 1YA will present recordings until 9.2 p.m., when the usual weekly relay of wrestling from the Town Hall will be broadcast. From 3YA the Ashburton Salvation Army Band will present a varied programme, and from 4YA listeners will hear a programme of recordings, featuring for the most part numbers not hitherto broadcast from the southern capital, " bo * HE four programmes on Tuesday evening offer an attractive choice of entertainment, with something for practically every class of listener. My own personal taste is divided. between 2YA and 8YA. From the former station, the B.B.C. programme "World’s Away" is scheduled for 9.2 p,m., and this, I understand, is a feature not to be missed. From 3YA a two-act drama of the sea, "Legend," is to be presented. and this also is "one out of the box." The programme from 1YA _ includes some new recordings, which will assuredly prove entertaining to northern listeners. From Dunedin a bright and varied programme is promised, including recorded selections by the Band of H.M, Coldstream Guards, and vocal

solos by Freda Elmes (soprano) and W. J. Kershaw (bass). % MISCELLANEOUS studio concerts will ‘be presented by all four stations on Wednesday evening, with periodical relays from the Wellington Competitions by 2YA. From 1YA local artists will include the Marelle Sextet and Mr. Stan Pritchard. Listeners to 3YA and 4YA will be entertained by

the Salon Orchestra, the Philharmonic Four (vocal), and Mr. Mortley Peake in baritone solos. Wellington will be presenting its weekly evening of recorded music. ‘ * ON THURSDAY evening studio concerts will be presented by all four stations. Madame Irene Ainsley (contralto) and Miss Norah Whinerary and Mr. C. F. Burnett in sketches, will support 1YA’s programme by the Studio Orchestra. The Concert Orchestra and selected recordings will entertain listeners to 2YA with relays from the Wellington Competitions. Many bright humbers appear in 38YA’s programme of recordings. The Bohemians’ Orchestra, Miss Dorothy Sligo (soprano) and Mrs, Clarice Drake (piano) are the local artists who will be heard from Dunedin. * " * "THOSE who did not hear "Woarld’s Away," the recorded programme from 2YA on Tuesday, will have an opportunity of hearing this fine feature from 1YA on Friday evening, Recordings and relays from the Competitions comprise 2YA’s offering. A popular studio concert is scheduled by 3YA, including items by the 3YA Orchestra, contralto solos by Miss Belle Renaut, baritone solos by "Jim" Cocks, and 2 trumpet and ‘trombone duet by Mr. H. Fox and Mr. C. Barsby, 4YA’s programme should be ‘of outstanding merit, consisting as it will of a relay from His Majesty’s. Theatre of the demonstration concert.in connection with

the Dunedin Competitions Society’s festival. BS % HE Saturday evening programmes are all bright and popular. 1YA will entertain listeners with the Studio Orchestra, recordings, 2ud Miss Irene Horniblow (contralto). Will Bishop in his "Foolishness at the Piano" will be the star turn on 2YA’s programme. The programme from 3YA appears to be a "gloom-chaser." It will be provided by the Optimists’ Club and the Y.M.C.A. Orchestra, This programme will also entertain Dunedin listeners, being relayed by 4YA. * ¥ * "THE after-church concerts on Sunday include a relay by 1YA of the Municipal Band concert from the Auckland Town Hall; a studio concert from 2YA, including violoncello solos by Mr. George Ellwood and "An Hour with My Favourite Tenors," by "The Man in the Street." 4YA, relaying to 8YA, will brondeast the organ recital by Dr. V. B. Galway in the Town Hall, with a programme by assisting artists. . bd * a ANY weeks have passed since such a fine series of talks were scheduled as appear in the programmes for the coming week. It is gratifying also to be able to record that'a better puiance is maintained between taiks which are primarily educative and those which may be termed "entertainment" talks. 4 * I HAVE referred in previous noics to the talks by Professor T. D. Adams from 4YA. ‘These are unquestionably among the most entertaining talks yet broadcast by any of the YA stations, and I am pleased to note the recognition of this fact by 4YA, which is now scheduling the Professor for 8.30 pam. instead of 7.30. On Monday evening Professor Adams will speak on "Boxing and Wrestling in Ancient Greece." From 1YA at 7.380 . the farming community will be atvised on the care of pastures. The 244 book reviewer will give his weekiy book review at 7.40, and from 3YA a further talk on psychology will be broadcast at 7.35 p.m. % @ * "PoE three talks with the widest appeal on Tuesday evening will probably be Sir James: Parr’s broadcast from JYA at 9.2 p.m.-‘More Humorous Stories. of Public Life’; Margaret Macpherson’s talk from 2YA at 9 pm, "What's All This About Marriage"; and Mr. David H. Graham’s talk from 4YA at 92 p.m, "How We Dredged the Wloor of the Ocean and What We Found There" For this evening 1YA schedules its weekly book review, 2XYA its weekly talk for the man on the land, and 8YA its weekly gardening dialogue. A TALK which should be full of interest and romance will ba

broadcast from 2YA at 8.40 p.m. on Wednesday, when Mr. Leslie Greener, of the Oriental Institute, Luxor, will describe his work among the Tempies of Ancient Egypt. The talks from 1Ya will be "Modern Irish Poetry,’ by the Rey. W. Jellie, M.A., at 7.30 p.m., and "World Affairs," by Mr. Alan Mulgan, at 9.2 pm. With the home gardening season right upon us, home gardeners will be well advised to tune in to 2YA at 7.30 p.m. to receive some practical advice from the 2YA gardening expert. s * * Six really outstanding talks are scheduled for Thursday evening. "The Workers of New Zealand" series from 1YA will be continued at 7.30, when a mechanic will speak on "Lathe, Fire, and Spanner." From the same station at 9.2 p.m. the Rev. W. Lawson Marsh will speak on "Slave Trading and the Fight for its Abolition." From 2YA at 7.30 pm. Mr. A. D. McIntosh, M.A., will tell us something about the earliest books, and from the same station at 8.40 p.m. Captain H. M. TalbotLehmann, M.C., will narrate further exciting experiences during the period when he was aeronautical adviser in the Chinese Civil War. Adventures with the Rhodesian Mounted Police will be described by Mr. P. Bell-Syer from 3YA at 9.2 p.m., and at the same hour from 4YA Mr, H. Camp will tell another of his seafaring tales-Captain Dick’s "Edward Sewall." ° » F the seven talks set down for Fri(lay evening, the three which will probably make the widest appeal will be Mr. L. W. Delph’s travel talk, ‘"Jericho," from 1YA at 9.7 p.m.; "An Imaginary Interview with the Greatest of all Song Writers," by Dr. Cyril Jenkins, from 2YA at 840 p.m.:; and "Side Lights on Mussolini and Modern Italy," by Mr. W. R. B. Stephenson, M.A., from 4YA at 7.30 p.m. * _* . 2 } ANY strange tales have been told of the Sagossa Sea. Some ct these will be narrated by "Old Wire Whiskers," from 1YA at 9.2 pm. on Saturday, his subject being "Stranded in Slime, or the Haunted Ocean." Another fascinating subject to be dealt with by Mr. Stuart Perry from 3YA at 9.2 p.m. is "Some Famous Oyen Boat Voyages." These two talks should prove decidedly entertaining as both the speakers can tell a good tale, From 1YA at 7.30 there will be a horticultural talk; from 2YA at 7.30 p.m, a talk on some aspects of child life; and from the same station at 8.40 p.m. Mr, C, FB. Malfroy will tell listeners why he considers tennis the best sport and why he plays it. ; s * % ADIO again proved its value in a sphere other than mere entertainment on Tuesday morning of last week. The president of the N.Z. Grasslands Association, Dr. A. H. Cockayne, who was to have presided at the association’s annual conference in Christchurch was unable to leave Wellington owing to illness. In order that delegates to the conference might not be disappointed in not hearing Dr. Cockayne deliver his presidential address, 2YA placed a microphone in Dr. Cockayne’s residence. The doctor delivered his address as per schedule, and this was broadcast by 2YA. A receiving set was installed in the conference room in Christchurch, and the delegates heard their presi-

dent’s address almost as clearly as if he had delivered it personally before them. * * * At long last it has been ordained that French listeners must pay. The Chamber of Deputies and the Senate have both voted in favour of receiving licenses, 50 francs (approximately £2/10/-) to be payable annually on valye sets and 15 frances (approximately 15/-) in respect of crystal sets. The politicians have turned a deaf ear to appeals to postpone this enactment until after the passing of the long-pro-mised Broadcasting Bill. Thus New Zealand listeners can no longer complain that they pay the highest license fee in the world. Holland is now the only European country where listening is free. * % 5 AUSTRALIAN listeners have now had an opportunity of hearing the B.B.C. recorded programmes which Mr. Maleolm Frost brought out with him for use in Australia and New Zealand. The Australian Broadcasting Commission has purchased the exclusive rights to broadcast these programmes for a period of six months, after which they will be made available to the B-class stations by Amalgamated Wireless (A’asia), Ltd. No arrangement has been made regarding future supplies, according to Mr. Frost, but the matter will come up for review on his return to England at the end of the year, , % % URING recent months listeners have had several opportunities of hearing the gifted Hulbert brothers in yarious recorded comedy numbers.

Claude Hulbert, the principal comedian in the B.B.C. recorded = programme, "Postman’s Knock," became a broadcaster as the result of a tiff with his wife, Enid Trevor, daughter of Colonel Philip Trevor, the famous sporting writer. It happened one ‘morning on the front of Brighton. Mr. Hulbert was late in meeting his wife. Naturally, as is the habit. of wives when husbands are late, she began to scold him. Seeing humour in the situation, Mr. Hulbert began to embroider the incident and Miss Trevor. taking her cue from him, started to elaborate it for their own amusement. When they had finished a gentlem:n sitting behind them bent forward and. evidently believing they had been rchearsing a scene for the concert party with which they were engaged, whispered, "That has been most entertain ing. I’ve enjoyed it so much, Coudn't you manage to put it on the Wireless : IT am sure it would amuse everybody.’ On their way to their hotel. the two young artists laughed heartily at the episode. % * QUDDENLY Mr.’ Hulbert grew serious. "That’s a jolly good iden about broadcasting our tiff. I'll get an introduction to the B.B.C. and see if they’ll take it.’ He did; they took it. Since then Mr. Hulbert and Miss Trevor have written and broadcast other "tiffs,"’ and they are by no means gravelled for lack of matter for these "domestic arguments" as they call them, to amuse those who listen-in.