Hot Shots

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 30, 1 February 1935, Page 5

Hot Shots

"PHu present heat wave has made moonlight bathing popular in Auckland. WELLINGTON motorcyclist was thrown from his machine last week when al Alsatian dog dashed out on the road. [_JONELLO CIECIL, the eninent singer, starts a tour of the New Zealand national broadcasting stations this month, HE Wind and the Rain," the play by Dr. Merton Hodge, formerly of Wanganui, opened at His Majesty’s, Auckland, at the week-end. Ary PICKFORD has written a book, "Why Not Try God?’ After all the film. star has been through there doesn’t seem any alternative. {ORB than 1000 cars journeyed over the Sumner Hills to Lyttelton to watch the depsr'ure of the Duke of Gloucester from the South Island. HE River Avon in Christchurch has developed into a second "Lansbury’s: Lido" since the erection of a weir. The river is thronged with bathers all day. OUNG men who provide wireless music for visitors to St. Wilda Beach, at Dunedin, -have christened their station "Nertz’-and nertz to you, too! of IM DAVIDSON, formerly of Dunedin, now waves au rhythmic baton before the new A.B.C. Dance Orchestra, which broadcasts’ from the Australian national stations. T a Wellington cricket . match, Yorkshire Society v. Kilbirnie, a dog ran off with the ball. In future small supplies of Yorkshire pudding will be kept on hand to induce dogs to drop the ball. VPRY "unrehearsed incident" took place at one of the YA stations last week when the announcer, forgetiing to turn off. the switch, continued his conversation with friends in the studio. JSABELLE LUBOW. | tlie blonde dancer with the Frank Neil revue company. decided to go swimming in the Te Aro Baths. Wellington, the other day. But when she appenred in her costume she was surrounded by so many children that she took fright and fled.

Hat Shots

fs AB&TISTIC vultures?" are snapping up the best of the late Miss M. O. Stoddart’s pictures. PW an éight-oar rowing race at Dunedin last week two oarsmen in different boats broke their oars-a very rare occurrence. AUSTRALIAN broadcasting officials are showing interes; in the new 1YA studio, acknowledged one of the most up-to-date in the world. "VOUR New Zealand girls are great-sporting and broadminded," said an Eneglish visitor to Wellington last week. "(XNALL a spade a_ spade" ~ seems to be one Dunedin announcer’s pronunciation guide. Hence Wagner pronounced just ag it is spelt. (CABLES tell’ us that Sir John Simon has a clean name. Well, as names go, what could be cleaner than to be named after a couple of disciples? BEACHES near -Christchurch were thronged with people last week when the H.M.A.S. Australia sailed with the Duke of Gloucester for Bay of Islands. HE piercing screams of a girl in a dark Wellington’ street the other evening. brought several men to her rescue. She had met the King Kong of the rat family. Sirk CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH, whoa called in at Auckland on his way -home to Sydney last week, looked a sick man. He has been ordered complete rest. O 1YA has received congratulations from U.S.A. since the power was increased. Imagine what pleasant remarks will be made nearer" home when the station is really on full power! AUSTRALIANS must be, sorry to see that Jupp, the English cricketer, has been sent to gaol for doing something to somebody with a motorear. Now, if it had been Larwood... ! GAIN the liner Aorangi~ has been held up in quarantine. This time, however, it is understood that the trouble really is smatl-pox, not fish-rash spots. which on the last occasion cost those concerned many — pounds apiece, '