More Than 100 Workmen on the Job

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 16, 26 October 1934, Page 19

More Than 100 Workmen on the Job

Building of 1¥-A’s. New Studios in Auckland. Being Pushed AheadFormer G.O.C. of N.Z. Forces to Speak From: 1YA — Girls’ Mouth Organ Band Broadcasting From 1ZB. |

VER 100 workmen-electricans, Plumbers, bricklayers and car-penters-are working hard in Shortland Street on ‘the building for’ the board’s new 1YA studios and offices. The outside has been completed,\ and work is now progressing well in the studios and_ offices, which are rapidly taking * shape. The air-conditioning plant has already been installed in the basement, and very shortly a start will be made with the fitting of the studios. For the building at Henderson, some of the transmitting gear has. already arrived from Australia, and a_ start

will be. made to install the transmitter in a week’s time. The erection: ‘of the 500ft. aerial mast has begun, and it has already been. built to a height of 200 feet. This mast is of latticed steel, triangular in section. GENERAL SIR ALEXANDER GODLBY, who is at present spending a holiday. in New Zealand and is in Auckland, should be listened to with much interest, particularly by the many soldiers who’ fought under him during the war, .when he speaks from 1YA.’ "Alec, " as he was popularly called by. diggers during the war, will be remembered as the G.O.0. ‘of the New Zealand Forces from 1910 to 1914 and, iater, for the whole duration of the war, he was the commander of "the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces. Later, he was commander-in-chief of the British Armies of the Rhine and at Gibraltar. The Mayor: and citizens of Auckland accorded him a civie reception or his arrival in Auckland, [Ha latest radio novelty in Auckland is a girls’ mouth-organ band, which last week made its first appearance at-1ZB. ‘The girls, who performed very: well, are to be heard again from this station, Efotpwe that no person, other than the defendant charged with the offence, can. make an admission, .Mr Wyvern Wilson, S. M., dismissed a charge of operating an unlicensed set. in the Auckland Police Court last Friday. The radio inspector, in evidence, said that he did not interview the man charged, but another person who was m the house when he called.

ERY little is heard these days about . town-planning, which the Government took up very enthusiastically a few years ago. A talk on this subject is to be given from 1YA during the W.H.A, session at 7.40 on Thursday next.

AFTER : an extended visit to Hngland. Mr. R. C. Macfarlane, of North Canterbury;.a member of the New Zealand Broadcasting Board. returned to the. Dominion by the Rangitiki, which reached Auckland on Wednesday. During his tour, Mr. Macfarlane took a great interest in all radio broadcasting developments and systems, and he should be in a position to impart much valuable information to the board..A fellow-passenger on the same vessel on the voyage was General Sir Alexander Godley, the famous soldier, With an eye to business, Mr. Macfarlane engaged the general to deliver a talk from 1YA and then radioed the station director at Auckland instructing him to arrange for this broadcast. : UCKLAND radio dealers reported excellent business last week, No doubt the many. matters: of world-wide interest broadcast: by’ ‘Australian: Sta-" tions, parti¢ularly the centenary air ° race and Other ifenis .connected. with | the centenary celebrations ‘and the tour _ of the .Duke. of Gloucester, had. some. thing to do with. the increase in sales of radio sets.

young man who ingeniously obtained ‘four radio sets of a total value of £72/16/- from*two Auckland firms and then disappeared: after they had been delivered to him:-at a boardinghouse, was caught by the’ police a week or so. ago and appeared‘in the Auckland Police’ Court’ last week on seven charges of theft and another of converting a motor-car to his own use. Fortunately for the radio dealers, the sets were recovered in fairly good condition, so their loss will be Accused was committed to the ‘Supreme Court for sentence, , >? EMEMBERED for his fine talks on tennis from the YA stations about a year ago when he was last in New Zealand, .F. J. Perry, the world’s tennis champion, is due to arrive at Auckland on Friday, November 2, from America. Once again 1YA has shown enterprise, for it has already made arrangements

with Perry for him to broadcast a talk on tennis and his recent doings, at 9 p.m. on November 5. Since he was last here, Perry has won -the. British and American championships, while he was also captain of: the victorious English téam which again won the. coveted Davis Cup, so his talk. shéuld be more than: interesting, ;