Broadcasting Match Not Broadcast

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 36, 15 March 1935, Page 19

Broadcasting Match Not Broadcast

Win For the, Board in Annual Cricket Contest Against P. and TSpeculation About the New Station — Talks About the Family -- Verdicts to be Published.

Witu six wickets in hand, the Broadeasting Board beat the Post and Telegraph Department, Wellington,. last week, in the third of the annual matches between these teams. so for the first time the Hands Shiel? will have the name of the B.B. inscribed on it. The game was one of the features of the week as far as Wellington broadcasting people were con: cerned, although it was not relayed through 2YA. Perhaps the innovation of a Maori haka by the B.B. men before the match started put the P. and T. off their game a little This was the most unusual feature of the contest. Although the Board won the toss, ther sent the P. and T. in for the first

strike, and that team compiled 80.. It was only a one-innings match, and when the Board went in they did not take long to pass the others’ score They were four wickets down for 127 when they might have declared, but just to show bow much the Board had. improved in the last year, they went ahead and finished the innings for a total of 195. DETAILS for the new station at Wellington which have escapeil from the Broadcasting Board have given rise to 2 considerable amount of discussion, not -tO say specnlation among listeners and_ non-listeners alike. The most popular: question in this connection at present is. "Whatever do we want a station like that for?" : Points of this sort will he made

clearer as more information is made public, and although’ eriticism in a cause like this is natural, it is obviously founded move on- ignorance than ov knowledge, so it would be as well to wait until more is known about the project before coming to too definite conclusions. It appears that the new station will be something unique for New Zealand in more ways than one, and it is only a matter of time when the board will be able to take the pub lic into its confidence. Meanwhile we may look forward to haying somethinz to be really proud of in the way of national stations. COTS had a "night out" last week. when 2YA gave a Scottish mnusicalhall programme for an hour. The items were musical, full of boisterous fu and songs. The show was put over With a fire of commentary from a "Glaswegian" at the studio, and was well received by Scot and Saxon alike. HE "Family" series is arousing interest among listeners who have advanced a few years nlong the road since puberty. Last week’s talk from Wellington was delivered by Mr. W. A. Armour, headmaster of Wellingtou College, who gave some solid, unacademic advice about "Your Son." If anybody should know something about sons, it is the master of a big school-if he has a sense of humour and understanding to start with. Mr. Armour’s talk was of good substance, and his presentation was excellent. On Friday of this week Mrs. Mary McKenzie is to continue the series at station 2YA with a talk on "Your Husband." WHEN he reappears at the St. Patrick’s concert in the Wellington Town Hall on _ Saturday, March 16, Mr. Dan Poley, bailed as "New’ Zealand's Johu

McCormack," will be making ‘his first appearance in the Capital City in three years. Mr. Foley is well, known ag -n singer of Irish songs and, during the past few months, he has made several triumphant appearances on the stage in southern towns-Timaru, Oamaru, Ashburton, Temuka and Reefton. At each of these places he was greeted warmly, and his splendid and warmhearted singing of the songs of the shamrock quickly endeared him to his audiences. After he has appeared ac the Wellington Town Hall he Will go on to Masterton and Carterton. Mr. Foley is to broadcast from 2YA on Saturday, April 6. when he will be assisted by Mr Frank Crowther.’ A WELL-KNOWN Wellington ‘cellist who will be heard from 2YA on Tuesday, March 26, is Mr. Claude Tanner. He will perform the Saint-Saens ‘Cello Concerto in A Minor with the 2YA Concert Orchestra. Mr. Tanner studied the ‘cello. at the Royal Academy of Music, London, under the famous W. BE. Whitehouse Ohamber music he studied .with the worldfamous viola player, Lionel Tertis, and his knowledge of conducting and orchestral playing he gained under Sir lenry Wood. Before ‘he -returned ro New Zealand Mr. Tanner held "che position of professor: of: the ‘cello at the Royal Academy of: Musie for three years. Since. his arrival. in the Dominion this young ‘cellist has made a hame for himself over the_air.