Hot Shots

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 26, 4 January 1935, Page 5

Hot Shots

é NOTHER famous ‘singer is to visit New Zealand shortly under contract to the Broadcasting Board. EVDERAL of the men in the audience of a Wellington theatre last week took off their coats and enjoyed the programme in their shirt-sleeves. IKE the Colonial Mutual building, which is well on the way to being finished, the Prudential Life Assurance building in Wellington is being faced with tinted stone. yw [HERD Were no cabinet ministers in Wellington during the Christmas vacation, reports a newspaper. Wellingtonians still seemed to enjoy their Christmas. A SOUTH ISLAND motorist who arrived in Wellington recently expressed surprise at the excellence of the roads about Wellington. "They are infinitely better than those around Christchurch," he said. VPRY now and then one hears surprising mistakes in announcing. From the Dunedin A station-the other morning the following was broadcast:,""Mendelssohn’s ‘Spring Song,’ ‘Ope 38, will follow." "THE proud owner of a newlybought second-hand car was demonstrating it to some friends on a recent evening in Wellington. The car refused to start, and the owner worked on it until three o’clock the next morning before discovering that the only trouble was that he was out of petrol. N Australian tourist who "~ passed through New Zealand during the holidays said that he could see nothing to ‘complain about in the New Zealand radio programmes, which were, in his opinion, every bit as good as those in Australia, A WELLINGTON musician enjoying a stroll through hea well-known suburb last Sunoi t , day. was able to hear nearly all the recorded performance of "The Messiah," which was being presented from 2YA. In almost every house passed the radio was tuned to 2YA for the broadcast, ‘HE most popular of all radio features during the holidays were the _ sporting sessions. With Plunket Shield cricket matches in two centres, and several race meetings in various parts of New Zealand, radio owners became very popular with their sporting friends during the news sessions, .

Hat Shots BFEWERIES ia’ Wellington report the best- business for years. this: Christmas. © EPORTS , from." Australia: show that the new 1YA. is being well received across the Tasman. ° A COORDING to the number of railway bookings, something like 10,000 people had: left Dunedin for various parts before Christmas Day. From all. over New Zealand replies have come in the "Radio Record’s" film ballot, a surprising number of entries’ being received the day the paper appeared for sale last: week. . "THERE was a very poor attendance at the Athletic’ Park, Wellington, on Christmas Day to listen to the concert given by the Grenadier Guards Band. nt Y¥ the number of telegrams sent ,and received, at. Christmas time a record was established for Dunedin. The volume of business was. the: heaviest the city has ever known-an indication of re-: turning prosperity, said an. official. FFROM a Wellington daily: ° "The Duke of Gloucester ° while in Auckland enjoyed a bathe at Mission Bay, the city’s only beach!" ACCORDING to Mr. D. Lake, general manager in Australia and New Zealand — for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ‘ Film Corporation, Christchurch is better serviced in’. the way of cinemas than any other city south of the Line. PASSENGERS on a Christ- . . . ¢@hureh-Lyttelton train. received a shock on a recent’: morning when a young woman. boarded the train ,wearing a very modern bathing suit and a light coat, which was not fastened. PORTER on a Taranaki railway station ‘hat a surprise recently when he found that a pram in the lug-gage-van contained a baby. The mother arrived later, saying ‘she thought that an excel« lent place to "park" the child while she bought tickets.