IN THE WAKE OF THE WEEK'S BROADCASTS

Radio Record, Volume IX, Issue 13, 4 October 1935, Page 14

IN THE WAKE OF THE

WEEK'S BROADCASTS

Snakes’ Alive! ! [Xs the-educational session from. 1YA on "Tuesday afternoon last week ope of the speakers was Mr. R.. A. _ Ivalla, ornithologist and many other * things on the staff of the Auckland. Institute and.-Museum. Mr, Falla knows his birds as few other men in this -part of the world do.’ He has been on many . interesting expeditions here and ‘there with his feathered friends, even to the Antarctic, and he is a most approachable enthusiast. Mention of ‘his name recalls an amusing: incident’ some ' eighteen. months ago,. when a snake : about‘15 inches long was discovered iir

a case of island bananas opened up in an Auckland auction market. Pandemonium.broke loose among the dozens ’ of Hindus, Celestials and BHuropean buyers in the big room, and there was a frenzied scramble for grandstand positions on‘ benches and tables. ‘On2 dark-skinned brave coaxed the wriggle: into-a kerosene tin. and snapped on a ‘ covering of wood. Mr. Falla‘was summoned from the museum, and: he: in-. fused. some subtle‘ lethal dose into ‘the tin.. When ‘the, "pie" was: opened the . bird-man: began to smile as: he .announced that the’ species was practi- . eully harmless. The trophy of "the | chase is now well pickled in a glass jax in the Auckland Museum; son Those Radio Plays HERL’S a man in Wellington just now who is apt,to,wax.a little vitriolic at the mention. of radio: plays ~although ‘he’ feels bound: to: confess that "Trent's Last ‘Case," the cause: of

the trouble, was an exceptionally good play. It appears that he had just left town in his car .for Island Bay the other evening when 2YA’s: broadcast. of the play, which was presented. by Victor §. Lloyd, began, He was. accompanied: by his wife and daughter andthe trip to the bay was made. pleasant by the play, which was picked up by the car’s radio set. So gripping had the drama become by the time they reached home that the other: occupants demanded that. he keép on driving till the finish-three-quarters ofan hour later, What "Trent’s Last Case": cost him in petral isn’t known! Overdoing It OW that the novelty of getting the results of the All Black matches first thing in the morning has worn off, it would be a kindness if the announcements were reduced, Those who are interested.in the score and brief description of the play must surely be satisfied with one announcement every half-hour. dt certainly seems a waste of time to repeat the details twice at each announcement, when there is good music waiting to be played for the breakfast session. :. . In Corpore Sano "(YN Sunday night the four main stations: linked up at 9.5 p.m..to hea the Governor-General, Viscount Galway, fire the first shot in the Health Stamp Campaign. In past. years New Zealand has been comparatively lukewarm toward this scheme for giving young bodies a chance to devélop into healthy manhood and womanh¢eod-and-physical health counts a lot toward mental and moral development. It was a graceful gesture, and a sit nificant one, that the Governor-General made in

giving the scheme a. flying. start’ by ‘his brief talk .over the’ Broadcasti1ig Board’s stations; The plan is one: of sound beneficence, This, and much more,:was made clear by his. Dxcellency on Sunday evening: Since he has arrived’ in the Dominion his Excellency has earned a reputation’ for saying u "lot avith a’ ‘minimum -wasté -of- words, "Fis* five-minute appeal‘ ‘for the:,Health ‘Stamp idea was. certaizily- to the point, and it would hot be. presuming too much to suggest that his words created an initial interest in many who had hardly heard of the scheme before, and enthusiasm in those who had hitherto been supporters. It was.a worthy cause which brought his Excellency to the studio microphone at ora for the first time.. Second Name: ‘Cheers SiR MALCOLM ‘CAMPBELL's been. in. the news again-and in. the news sessions from. our national broadcasting. stations, too. But one hears rather less of the man who is: behind many' of Sir Malcolm’s ventures-Lord Wakefield, the owner of the unusual

second name of Cheers. Lord Wakefield is the greatest living exponent of: the. sensible idea that if you buy a dog you don’t need to bark for him. He has an unerring eye for.a good man and knows how to. delegate authority, He was Lord Mayor of London for two -years during the war and in that capacity visited the Western Front’ and the" Grand Fleet. He has a lovely place at Hythe, but lives mostly in two. converted cottages on the estate, ‘with a wonderful view of the English Channel ~~ Pe s

and a private entry tothe golf course. But he doesn’t play much: now, preferring the links for walking and thinking things out. Sharks B=2Forn air-breathing animals of any kind had appeared on the ary land,’sharks had established them-.. selves as a class of vertebrates destined to survive the passing of the ages. Shark teeth have been found in sedi- © mentary rocks high‘ up in. the lofty. ranges of the Alps and the Himalayas. * Fossilised: teeth of the.characteristically triangular shape found in sedimentary rocks of the tertiary period of the earth’s formation indicates the existence in that far-distant age of an enormous shark which must have attained the incredible length of 90 feet! ‘When countless other forms of. animal and egetable life perished in the struggle to sharks have remained practically unaltered-horrible jaws, great strength, perfectly streamlined torpedolike bodies, and incredible- swiftness jn swimming. It is to this latter gift that they most likely owe their survival as much as anything else. New South Wales’s golden beaches have an unenviable ‘reputation for the shark menace. From timé to time sharks are reported by coastal vessels as migrating in hungry schools as far as.the eye ean see on either side of the ship.. A short time ago, when a large net was set off one of Sydney's beaches, 29 sharps were caught in a single haul, many of them man-eaters. Off Pott Stephens, as many as 63 sharks have been netted in a single haul, some weighing half.a ton. It. is not surpris‘ing that public agitation. has resulted in "the initiation of costly measures for the protection of ‘bathers.-Mr. John. I. Beckett, from 2YA.