Prince Henry in Christchurch

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 27, 11 January 1935, Page 20

Prince Henry in Christchurch

All Public Functions to be Broadcast by 3YA — British-made Car Now. Equipped. With Wireless Set — Madame Goossens- Viceroy Praises New 1YA Studios in Auckland.

‘}‘HE Duke of Gloucester’s movements while he is in Christchurch will be closely followed by 8YA, and every function will be broadcast. ‘The civie reception from Cranmer Square af approximately 12.15 on Saturday, January 19, the day of his arrival, followed by the races in the afternoon, the community dancing in connection with the river carnival in Hagley Park being broadcast from 10.30 to 11.30 p.m. On Sunday the Divine ser-

vice from the Christchurch Cathedral, at which his Royal Highness will attend, will also be broadcast. Of interest to all returned soldiers and public alike, will be the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Returned Soldiers’ Cottage Home Settlement at Sandilands. This ceremony is to be performed by the Duke of Gloucester at approximately three o’clock on Monday, January 21, and will also be broadeast by 3YA. N America the motor industry has been experimenting for a number of years with radio equipment for cars, but it was not until the. present season that any cars so equipped as standard became available to the general public. The first British model to offer a wireless receiving set as part of the standard specification has now been introduced. The wireless set incorporated is specially designed for the car in one unit to fit under the dash. The aerial, of copper gauze, is installed in the roof, and suppressors are fitted to sparking plugs, distributor, coil and dynamo, The high tension supply is by means of a vibrator and rectifier valve, forming an integral part of the set, and the car’s own battery provides the current, ANY people seem to blame the Broadcasting Board for not announcing the names of the different ministers who take the ten o’clock devotional service every morning. The devotional services are controlled by a representative committee of clergymen of the various denominations, and it is the opinion of the majority that to announce the name of the preacher, either before or after the service, does not enhance its devotional character, Nearly fifty. ministers participate in this daily devotional service, which is:

controlled by the committee, and al-. though 3YA have to abide by the decision of the cominittee, they aie quite willing to give the name of the clergyman after the seryice should the request be made, NOTHDER of the popular B.B.C. recorded programmes is scheduled for Monday, January 14. This is 2 farcical extravaganza entitled "Playing the Game," which is as interesting as it is humorous. MBs. AGNES LBEEMING, sopranc, and Mr. H. J. Francis, tenor, are the two vocalists appearing on the following evening’s programme from 3YA, to be followed by a talk by Mr. James Young, which will be the second of nis series, This talk -is entitled "Whaler's Yarns," which will be all the more interesting to listeners as they are tru? stories of the sea. Mf 4D4Mn GOOSSENS VICDROY, the Belgian dramatic soprano, who with Mr. Raymond Beatty, the Australian basso-cantante, is in Christchurch just now under contract to the

New Zealand Broadcasting Board, has been delighting listeners with her singing from 8YA. It is fourteen years Since Madame Goossens-Viceroy was in New Zealand with the late Henry Verbrugghen’s Sydney Conservatorium Orchestra, and lately she has been singing opera over the air in Sydney. Madame Goossens-Viceroy is a Belgian by birth, and according to Belgian: custom, on her marriage she did not altogether put aside her maiden name, and, as "Viceroy" is Madamre’s maideu name, she is known as Madame Goossens-Viceroy. INNING the Queen of Belgium’s prize she accepted an engagement with the Brussels Opera, but the war intervened before she could fulfil her contract to appear at Covent Garden. Instead she came to Australia and ac-

cepted a position at the Sydney Conservatorium, where many girls passed through her hands. GoosseusViceroy is hoping to hear something of New Zealand voices while she is here, and to give advice and help the singers

in. any way she can. She is very .inSistent upon the urgency for continued practice. Correct breathing control is most important and e¢lear enunciation, and without these the best voice in the world will not get a student very far, Madame herself practices every’ day, and although there are many mezzo-sOpranos in Australia, New Zealand, she considers, has more sopranos, Madame Goossens-Viceroy has great praise for Auckland’s new studio burding for 1YA, and considers there is no studio in the whole of Australia that can compare with it-it is unique, —

Former Christchurch Girl to Sing in Empire Programmes Miss STELLA MURRAY, the Christchurch contralto who has been so successful in England for some years, has been approached by the B.B.C. to broadcast in the New Zealand programme on February 6. Miss Murray has been asked by the B.B.C. to sing Maori songs, and as she has always included these in her repertoire, the broadcast should be of great interest to all her friends in New Zealand as well as listeners generally.