Hot Shots

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 17, 2 November 1934, Page 5

Hot Shots

A MEMBER of the peerage is travelling inecog. in New Zealand just now. T is understued that a wellknown Christchurch night club is closing down after Carnival Week. (THERE'S the true story of the Wellington girl who thought all the Mae . West stories were true. THE thousand tickets for | the Royal ball in Welling- > on Monday, December 17, are practically all sold. [t is rumoured that £450 is the England-to-Australia return fare in the Dutch air liner, Which came second in the big air race last week. WN the second day of the air. race broadcasts, the 2YA anbouncer dropped = saying Al-LAH-abad and returned to the more ‘usual pronuneiatio:. of Alla-habad. WORK is under way ou Christebureh’s — thre: new talkie theatres. Beath’s new building, too, is. nearing completion and will be reac before Christmas. ¥F eight men found in the Licensee’s bedroom when Auckland. police raided a hote! recently. three claimed that. they were personal friends of the publican’s wife. ¥V ANY people are wonderin: _ why a Christebure) constable with an Irish name Was not called to give evidence at the. inquest on Donald Fraser. the Riccarton hotei-: keeper, who was murdered in his bed some months ago. OVER Labour Day week-end, 400 members of the Dunedin Social Sunshine. Club made a hasty trip to Queenstown. They. left the city by train. on the Saturday night gand’ returned. by the same means, arriving back at 3 a.m. on Tuesday. [HE daughter-in-law of a well-known late member of the Legislative Council was asked if she would "put the case" to Parliament for the; wives and children of the New! Brighton (Christchurch) re-: lief workers who have been! ordered to camp. | "THE OLD BUS," — Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s film. was withdrawn from the Majestic Theatre.Auckland. last. week -after running for two. nights Tt. was a flop in Wellington and Dunedin also. and only lasted two days at these places.

Het Shets LAs8t week in the Aucklauu Police Court a defendant addressed the magistrate as "Your Majesty." (THE personnel at Wigrain Aerodrome, Christchurch. is being considerably increased. F a Dunedin B station announcer can be believed. a new orchestra has made its appeurance-the Royal Opera Orchestra, Covenant Garden. N2£w ZEALAND’ Stirst slum story, the anopymouslywritten "Children of the Poor." is said to be the work of a well-known M.P. '(GAvETS from Iing’s College supplied a fine guard of honour for General Sir Alexander Godley when he ar , tived at Auckland last week. "(QQOELUM Patet Ibimus Illac." which means '"The sky is open: we- will go ‘that way." is the motto on the |hbadge adopted bythe Canter- | bury Aero Club. PLANE HAMILL, daughter of a Taihape newspaper owner, has been given the leading part in an Austrian ‘film. Miss Hamill’s photo -appeared in the "Radio Re:cord" some months ago. Two hours after the opening of the box plan every one of the 1450 seats avail,able for this week’s evening ;comnmunity sing at the Civic iTheatre, Christchurch. was i sold. ! HE purveyors of electrie power don’t quite know what to do with the persons who protest they can’t pay their bills and yet have their wireless sets switched on from seven in the morning fill 11 at night. THE slight ’quake one evening last week considerably alarmed a Wellington typiste who was working late. She was engaged with a dictaphone worth nearly £800. and it was badly damaged when she knocked it over in her hurry to get out. |THE following appeared in the advertising columns of Auckland’s two daily paners last week: Centenary Air Racersi-. So, although youn started on Saturday and broke up the Jewish Sabbath, and. continued on Sunday. breaking up the ‘Christian Sabbath. most -of you got through. Well. God didn’t answer my preyer, that’s allas yet.-W. J, Byeroft. Sabbath Day Observer, Runeiman..