Hot Shots

Radio Record, Volume IX, Issue 14, 11 October 1935, Page 5

Hot Shots

NEW way of ordering black or white coffee: "Will you ‘have Abyssinian or Italian?" N Z.’s provincial papers made *a much-bgger "spiash' of the outbreak of war than the metropoutan dailies, ITH the really hot summei days. stilt. some distance away Canterbury farmers are already praying for rain, HERE = are 47 _ licensea houses in Wellington today; 50 years ago there were 67. AID General Smuts the other week: I do not think mankind is in the mood for another world war. , RUMOUR has it that a member of the Governor Geueral’s suite will shortly return to England. A NOTICE in a Wellington chain st e read, "Bfficency is our Watchword." But spelling isn’t! , Me MEREDITH’S management of the All Blacks was the subject of a biting article in last week’s "Sporting Life." GEVERAL versions of the shooting affair at Lower Hutt are being recounted in Wellington. , HERE was a pleasing candour about the young man who told his partner at a dance last week that "nobody in Wellington likes me." "STOWING AWAY" is becoming fashionable. A young woman arrived from London recently in this fashion, and’ a youth from Sydney. FN GERNAILS painted scar.ct, gold, silver, greet and blue were seen among the .feminine portion of a recent Wellington dinner party. HERE is talk of a commercial broadcasting company coming into operation in England. The B.B.C. at _ present has a monopoly but its charter expires in a few months. \QHERNIAVSKY has been signed up by Station 2UW, Sydney, for two _ half-hour broadcasts 2 week for’ six months, THE Clydesdale section in the Christchurch Horse Parade drew from the judge the comment, "The best display in 20 years." i UNEDIN lost its veteran * journalist, Mr T. J. Walker, last week. Mr. Walker was for many years a co-worker with Thomas’ Bracken ‘in a Dunedin printing -office.

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WELLINGTON'S St. James Theatre now has its entire facade outlined in- Neon lights, mostly red, THE : Canterbury © Women’s Club celebrated its 22nd birthday last: week, * SIX couples were marrigt by Uncle Scrim in the studio of station 1ZB the Saturday before last. ERCY GRAINGER, the latest acquisition to broadcasting in‘ New‘ Zealand, is a self-taught pianist, it is report: ed, . GONG: for somebody with a few thousand in his pocket: "Oh, to be in England Ere the’ Armament Shares go Boom! 1": =F ILM showing. a paiade of Abyssinian . troops, screenea in Wellington last week, was ceceived with. sympathetic applause, ‘wLIP on announcer’s-part: "A meeting of the Society for che Prevention: of Women and children was held to-day." LARGE Auckland manu- .. facturing. . concerh,.".-main-.aininig.two factories in the suburbs, is shortly combining both establishments and the head office, removing all three to a new vuilding on the city waterfront. QPHE Great South Road Beautifying Society (Auckland) is to erect an old time smithy near Papakura, to commemorate che pioneer blacksmiths of che province, ON E of the Démocrat candidates last week in Auckland gave. a big cocktail party in honour of the party leader, Mr. T. C. A. Hislop, who made his first big policy speech there. RIVATE screenings of big ‘movies are all the rage on Sunday evenings in Auckland at p.esent. The invitation cards for the Grace. Moore picture stipulated evening dress. HOSE. who. went. to Sir Alexander Herdman’s first Auckland’ meeting. «last week hoping there would be "some fun" were greatly disappointed. [t was very orderly. 'WO' hearty sneezes by some person near the microphone during the theatre * relay of Grace Moore. from 2YA . last Satur: |,’ came’ ‘through with nerfect’ ‘clarity. ME. -Re COLLETT, NORMAN ‘has’ been appointed chairrhan of the B.B.C.-in succession to’ the late ‘Lord: Bridgeman > for.-the ‘retraining term of the corporation’s present charter,