Buildings for New 1YA Completed

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 18, 9 November 1934, Page 20

Buildings for New 1YA Completed

Contractors Pushing Ahead With Electrical and Other Installations For Opening Next Month — Famous Tennis Stars in AucklandDickensian Artist to be Heard From 1YA Next Sunday.

O far no arrangements have been made for 1YA to broadeast any local Armistice Day celebrations, with the exception of the two church ser-vices-the 11 a.m. service from the Iipsom Methodist Church and the eyen-_

ing service from St. Matthew’s Angliean Church, when. Chaplain Captain the Rev. H. K. Vickery will preach. ON Monday night Mr. F. J. Perry, the world’s tennis champion, gave «a most instructive and delightful talk from 1YA. With another world’s champion, Miss Dorothy Round, G. LP. Hughes, Miss M. Dearman and Miss N. Lyle, the latter being England’s champion doubles pair, Perry arrived at Auckland on the. Mariposa fron America on Friday last, all the player's being seen in action against Auckland’s best on Saturday and Monday last. These tennis champions are now on their way to take part in the big Melbourhe centenary tournament, Perry hopes to return here to play jn the Auckland championships after his Australian tour. WwitH Perry and Miss Dorothy Round, two world’s tennis champions, and the other Hnglish tennis stars playing for two days in Auckland, last Saturday and Monday- were certainly red letter occasions for tennis enthusiasts in the Queen City. There is no doubt that the late Anthony Wilding, of Christchurch, whe was world’s champion for several years, put tennis on the map in the Dominion. By vreason Of its geographical position, Auckland is indeed fortunate in seeing, not only tennis champions, but the world’s best in other spheres of sport in action, as . the city is the main port of call of steamers plying between Canada and the United States and New Zealand and Australia. AN English woman, Mrs. B. EF, Ricbards, who is the datighter of Maurice Hewlett, the well-known novelist. is to give the second series of talks entitled "Off the Beaten Tratk in Europe," from 1YA on Tuesday night next. Mrs, Richards is at present a teacher of French in an Auckland secondary school,

AUTHouGH no definite date has yet been fixed by the Broadcasting Board for the opening of the new 1YA station, it is practically certain that Auckland’s new and more powerful "yoice" will be heard toward the end o£ next month. Hoth the studio and transmitting buildings, in the city and at Tlenderson respectively, are cumpleted and only the electrical and other jnstallations have to be finished. The contractors and sub-contractors are pushing on with all speed and the ney transmitter will be tested verv shortly now. QGELECTION S from the works of Charles Dickens will be given from 1YA on Sunday evening next by Mr. Clement May, of Wellington, the wellknown Dickensian actor. Mr, May will later board a steamer for the United States. ‘ "LPNCLE SCRIM," director of station 1ZB, is enjoying a couple of weeks away from the busy studio, and on Sunday next he is to conduct a big meeting in New Plymouth at 8.30 p.m. He recently addressed: well-attended meetings at Pukekohe, Putaruru and Hamilton, and explained the aims and

objects of the Friendly Road to the many who knew his voice but had never seen him. [Hp talks broadcast from 1YA by Mr, R. A.’ Singer, the well-known barrister, during the W.H.A. sessions on Wednesdays on "The Speaking of

Verse and Prose," are quite out of the ordinary and are attracting much at-. tention. In his last talk Mr, Singer, who is himself a writer of yerse and an outstanding speaker, related some

unusual historical facts and circumstances surrounding two famous speeches, that of the late Sir Maurice O’Rorke in the House in 1874 when he delivered a stirring speech against the abolition of the provinces, and the world-famous speech of Abraham Lincoln,