From Printer's Devil To M.L.C

Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 8, 1 September 1933, Page 11

From Printer's Devil To M.L.C

Mr. J. T. Paul, of Dunedin, was Youngest Man to Sit in New Zealand’s Legislative Council-A 1300-Mile Tour of the North Island -Art Critic and Traveller. 7

[TF you’ve got determination, climbing the ladder of success needn’t be so very difficult after all, as Mr. J. T. Paul, of Dunedin, has discovered. AS a very small boy he divided his days in a small Victorian town between acting as printer’s devil on a ‘small weekly newspaper and careering over the countryside with gun and dog. Bigger things soon called, however, and a year or two later found him a compositor in

the "Golden City of Victoria"-Ben-digo.. At the close of last century he arrived in New Zealand and became a linotype operator on the "Otago Daily Times and Witness." He soon made his presence felt in the southern city and was appointed a member, with the present Prime Minister, of the Royal Commission, of Lands in 1906. a ONE of the proudest feathers in Mr. Paul’s cap is the fact that he is the youngest man who has ever sat in New Zealand’s Legislative Council. He wvas reappointed for a second term but, before its expiry, he resigned his seat to contest Dunedin South for the House of Representatives. But, although he was only 100 votes from the winning post, he was unsuccessful in unseating Sir Thomas Sidey. Nothing daunted, he turned his eyes to fresh fields and he has now been writing for Australian and New Zealand papers for many years. He later accepted a position on the editorial staff of the "Daily Times" and was later appointed editor of the "Witness," carrying on until that paper was discontinued last year. He knows the newspaper. game from A to Z, and has worked on every branch of the printing and literary sides. Mr. Paul is a well-known speaker from 4YA on international and historical subjects, N matters of art Dr. G. M. Lester, of Christchurch, is as well-versed as any man in New Zealand, and yet he has had adventures that might be envied by any swesh-buckling pirate ‘that

ever sailed the Spanish Main. His criticism of the annual exhibition of the Canterbury Society of Arts ‘in the "Christchurch Press" is usually looked for by Christchurch artists, who have a sound respect for the doctor's views. To the radio fans of New Zealand Dr. Lester has presented another side of his activities-adventures on the high seas, in countries that we antipodean stay-at-homes but vaguely dream about and with people of every creed and colour. While staying at an inn in Norway, Dr. Lester discovered his table companion to be none other thau Grieg, the famous Norwegian composer. On another occasion while on a tramping tour he fell in with Ibsen, the well-known dramatist and writer. 4 eed B.B.C. has made another addition to its staff; this is the Rev. ¥. A. Iremonger, formerly vicar of Vernham Dean, Hampshire, who has been appointed "Bishop of Broadcasting.’ The entire realm of broadcast religion will be the especial care of Mr. Iremonger, who, by keeping in touch with clergymen throughout the country, will discover the most suitable preachers ‘for broadcasting. _ e® . "se . To work through the sunny winters of Egypt, among the palaces and temples of the Pharaohs, is the agreeable task of Mr. Leslie Greener, who has ‘spoken from several of the YA stations on-his work in Egypt... He returned to Bgypt last week, after being in New Zealand since June in connec-

tion with the series of exhibitions of the paintings of his late wife, Rhona Haszard. As a member of the staff of the University of Chicago’s Egyptian Headquarters, Mr. Greener is engaged in recording the inscriptions and basrelief carvings of historical subjects with which the kings of Egypt adorued the walls of their temples. Some of the walls are 70 feet high, and the task of recording the carvings is difficult and sometimes hazardous. Lonz expanding ladders are used and sometimes the archaeologists are _ lowered from the tops of the walls.in a kind of bosun’s chair. % * * ; , Morors and roads are the hobby as well as the business of Mr. Wwe. Sutherland, secretary of the Welling: ton Automobile Club, who is to give another of his interesting talks on "Roads and Motoring’ from 2YA on

September 4. Mr. Sutherland has been intimately connected with motoring for the past 10 or 11 years, so he may be supposed to have a good grasp of his subject. ‘He has just returned from a 1300-mile motor tour of the North Island, refreshing his memory over routes already well known to him. The route was laid up the West Coast, returning via the Hast Coast, traversing the new Waioeka Valley Road, a great improvement: on the old steep, narrow, winding route. "The road surfaces generally should be in good order for the coming summer," Mr. Sutherland said. = * R. D. H, STEWART, who is said to have. originated the injection method of treating varicose veins, died recently in America. Years ago, as a result of experimenting on diphtheria anti-toxin, he became deaf, but he learnt lip-reading and so carried on his practice. He. refused to give up his music, and when he played the piano he rested a strip of bamboo just abore the keys and held the other end in his teeth, the sound waves reaching his brain via his teeth and skull. When radio became popular he designed a special loudspeaker with doors. He used to pop his head inside and shut the doors. That he was. never "gassed" is a miracle.