"Sick and Tired of Being Fined"

Radio Record, 19 June 1936, Page 19

"Sick and Tired of Being Fined"

AS An Auckland "Pirate," Finding Court Appearances Boring Decides to Pay For a Licence-Dunedin’ s Forthcoming: Pipe . co, Festival-Too Much Talk. ~*~

AST Friday, in the Auckland Police Court, no fewer than 13 radio "pirates," recently rounded up by the P. and T. inspectors, had to explain to Mr. W. R. McKean, 8.M., why they had failed to license their sets, A rewl ‘"Joyrider" of the air was one man who admitted that he had used nume:ous sets on demonstration over a period of two years without having taken out a single licence. "You seem to know the soft dealers. all right," the magistrate told him in mulcting him £1/10/-, plus costs. A woman defendant appeared, the prosecuting radio inspector, Mr. Robins, stating that she had already been fined four times previousty for a similar charge. She was fined £2 and costs. and after the hearing casually told the jnspector that s:e was "sick and -tired of being fined." "Now I’m going to take out a licence at last," she added. The inspector witl believe her when she weighs in’ with the cash. EXT week the Dunedin Piping and Dancing Association will be in its element. At the beginning of the week the society’s annual Highland competitions of piping and dancing events will be commenced, and, as in past years, will. be contested by competitors mainly from Otago, but also from other parts of New Zealand. On Wednesday, June 24, there will be a grand finale in the evening to the festival, a demonstration concert ° being given by the prize-winners in the Town Hall Concert Chamber. _ Portions of this will be relayed by 4YA. During the performance of items inappropriate for broadcasting the station will present selected numbers from the -studio. ~~ [HAT there is room for improvement in the organisation of radio programmes, is the opinion of some Auckland listeners. One night last week. every radio station in Auckland was broadcasting a talk at the same time. Time and again this happens and it makes abundantly’ clear the need for co-ordination of both A and B station services. String Ensemble N the chamber music from 2YA on Monday, June 22, is a presentataion by the Wellington String Ensemble of a Concerto in F Minor for Piano and Strings. This concerto is a composition by Bach, and the solo pianoforte wil! be played by Gordon Short, the wellknown Wellington musician who is. president of the Wellington Music Teachers’ Association. The. String Ensemble will be conducted by, Stanley Oliver. At the finish of this number there is a collection of three songs by ‘Roy Hill. tenor with the String Hnsemble,. and at 8.21 a further presentation by the Ensemble alone, These features, covering about 20 minutes, should give

much satisfaction to the many followers: of chamber music, Oscar Wilde’s Play A RRANGEMEN TS have, been made by the. Broadcasting . Board with: J: @. Williamson, Limited, for the presentation of Oscar Wilde’s famous play, "The Importance of. Being Karnest," to be given from the studio of 1YA on Sunday night, July 5. This is really good news for -listeners, who will hear some of the well-known members of the J. C. Williamson com--pany at present playing in Atckland over the air. The cast has not yet been decided. King Edward’s Message KING EDWARD VIII's birthday, falling on Tuesday, June 23, will be remembered throughout the Empire by a holiday, and as far as the nationa! broadeasting stations in New Zealand

go there will be a special recording -pre"Sented individually from each of the four -stations ‘at 8.2 in the evening. These recordings will be- synchronised rs nearly as possible to one another. The message contained in this recording is that. given to the Empire on March 1, or actually March 2 at 4 in the morning. New Zealand summer time. On that oceasion the King’s message was the first that he had given over the air since his accession, and next Tuesday’s presentation will be conducted by each main station so that the speech will be heard throughout the length and breadth of New Zealand and as free as possible from any extraneous noise. "Cameo Three" CONSIDERABLE | broadeast': work continues to popularise the Camco Three. a noble band of local artists. and they will be heard again from 2YA on Saturday, June 27, in the cameo, "Nocturne," with ‘cello obligato by

Lilla McKenzie, This presentation is a harmonising of some popular songs fon uring aspects: of dusk, evening and night, Set against.a delicate piano and veilo background, it is said to be most oitective .and artistic. Bedlam" -- "THE noise at the wrestling matches is so loud at times that we cannot hear what the announcer says," is the complaint communicated by several to 4YA. They ask that something be done to combat the "Bedlam" so that they might listen to the deserip-° tions without interference in the form of shouting. Their request cannot, of course, be fulfilled. In the first place, when a, Dunedin au-. dience becomes enthusiastie there is no preventing them from giving vent to exuberanee. Second, in order that the announcer shall ‘ have an uninterrupted view of the ring, the microphone is placed in the most advantageous place for this purpose-at the front of the ringside baleony-and so it follows that if must also he in a -position to pick up the noise of the audience. The station officials have taken every reasonable precaution to decrease the. volume of noise, but are naturally quite powerless to eliminate it altogether.

Southern Show Me. A. F. DUTHIM, secretary of the Otago ‘Agricultural. and Pastoral Society, ; has given his usual talk through 4YA° ‘before the opening of the Winter Show, which starts on June 19. Besides giving Mr. Duthie ‘the opportunity to review the attractions of the fixture, the station will also take a hand at the afternoon opening, when a relay from the, society’s hall of the «speeches will be, carried out, The main speaker will be he Minister of Agriculture (Hon. W. Lee Martin), who will visit Dunedin primarily for the purpose of officially opening the show, which will probably be a record for * the province. New 1YA Departure N Friday last a new departure was made by 1YA during the children’s session, when Miss Briar Gardner, the well-known potter, began a new series of special talks prepared for the small listeners and known as "Current Affairs for Children." Miss Gardner dealt with the life of King Edward VIII, and also discussed some interesting matters concerning the Royal Family. Well known as a writer of children’s stories and as a speaker from 1YA on previous occasions, Miss Gardner will continue her 15-minute talks starting

at 5.45 p.m, on alternate Fridays auring these sessions. Mozart: More complete details of the Mozart programme to be played bj the 4YA Concert Orchestra on June 25 are now available. The big work of the evening will be Concerto in D

Minor, in which the solo piano part will be played by Clarice Drake, the station accompanist. This will be the most difficult music tackled by the orchestra since Mr, Gil Dech took command and completely reorganised the combination. In addition, a lesser known composition, "A Little Night Music" ("Hine Kleine Nachtmusik"), which shows Mozart in lighter mood, will also be played by the orchestra. So far as is known,. this work was written for some specially happy oc: casion shortly after the success of "Figaro" in Prague. It is in four movements, and, unlike Mozart’s betterknown music, has a real of mischief in the theme. Judge’s Records TALK to be given from 1YA on | Thursday, June 25, on "Gen--tlemen of the Road," will have nothing to do with commercial travellers, In fact, it will be all about motorists who have been labelled "gentlemen" by his Honour, Mr. Justice Blair. Some months ago. the judge delivered a_ series of three talks on motoring from 2¥A, when the opportunity was taken. by the Broadeasting Board to record each. Alongside the microphone into which his Honour spoke to listeners, was placed another "mike," which carried his voice and eleetrically impressed it on to a record disc, It is a good idea to record such talks, By now, the Broadcasting Board must have a fine collection of recordings by prominent New Zealanders and visitors to the Dominion who have — been recorded as they have talked or otherwise . performed in the studios, King’s Speech FOR. the King’s birthday, Station 4YA has prepared what’ should be a very acceptable programme to the majority of listeners. Bright holiday music wil] be ‘played throughout the day, while at intervals the Dunedin Jockey Club’s races at Wingatui , will be relayed for the benefit of ‘out-: side turf followers. In the evening the featured item on the programme

will probably be heard by the majority of listeners. This will take the, form of a recorded message to the Empire by his Majesty King Edward VIIL whom the Professor of English at the London University cites as. one of the most perfect broadcasting speakers. His Heart in N.Z. AN Englishman with his heart in the New Zealand Alps, Mr. Alan ©. Browne, who has been climbing in the region of Mount Tasman, the Fox aud Franz Josef Glaciers, since he returned from England last -September, is at ‘present visiting Auckland. He gave.

delightful talk on his wanderings from IYA, last week, and the next day he Was the featured speaker at the Auckland Travel Club’s midday luncheon. An artist of repute, he took on mountaineering as a means of providing himself with a field for water-colour work, Mr. Browne has _ climbed Mount Tasman, 11,475 feet. His lantern slides which he uses in his jeetures in England ‘on the New Zealand places of beauty are all hand-painted. His collection of water colours of the Southern Alps were on exhibition for three months at the Royal Geographical Society’s headquarters in London. In expressing his appreciation of Mr. Browne’s work, Sir Thomas Wilford, ex-High Commissioner for New Zealand in London, recently said of him, "T do not think there is any individual man Who has done more to make New Zealand known in England during the last three years than Mr. Browne." First Sing HE 19386 community singing season has. opened in Christchurch, and the Mayor (Mr, J. W. Beanland) officiated, and introduced the new pianist, Mr. F, L. Squire. The song-leader, Mr. W. McNair, carried things along in his well-known breezy style, and Mr. H. B®, Goodland, who is now resident in Wellington, received a long and loud cheerio from the audience. Although the attendance ‘was not large, there was no lack of enthusiasm, and . the sum of over £21 was taken for the Mayor’s. Relief Fund,

Popular O pair of more popular young. men have visited. New Zealand. than the two Scots, Sydney MacEwan and Duncan Morison. Their. fan mail is enormous, and comes from all over New Zealand with requests for a repetition of some of their numbers and letters of appreciation of their work, Before the beginning of their. 3YA recital last Wednesday evening, Mr, MaeEwan announced that it was difficult to know just where to start, as they had so many -requests and more than 130 numbers had been given during their New Zealand tour. They haye signed a contract with the Australian Broadeasting Commission, and their engagements in that country will not be. completed hefore Christmas, such is their popular-. ity. Dunedin Tenor’s Tour (COMMENCING with a performance _from station 3YA this Wednesday, June 17, the Broadcasting Board has arranged a short tour of the national stations by Alfred Walmsley, the Dunedin tenor. Mr, Walmsley has already been heard on several occasions from 4YA, and is a well-known choral con‘ductor. His tour, no doubt, will be fol-

lowed with. great interest by New Zealand listeners. Journalist’s Talks | | LIFE in. Poland was described in a talk given from 1YA on June 11 by Mr. Cecil ‘W. Lusty. The speaker, who is now on the staff of the "Auckland Star," was formerly resident in Warsaw as a London newspaper correspondent, and his knowledge of Warsaw and. of the: Polish people and their customs. enabled him to give a talk full of . interest. This was, the first’ of a.series.of four. travel broadcasts, under the" ‘title of A New’ Zealander Abroad," Others. will be. "Bulgaria," on June 26, "Spain" on July 16, and "Mofocco" on J uly 26, Mr. Lusty is one of those cosmopolitan journalists who is almost as equally at home in Warsaw, Sofia and Rabat (Morocco) as 2 London, where he was in Fleet Stréet, being associated at different times with "The Times," "The Morning Post" and "The Sunday Express," or in his native city, Auckland. He has a wealth of travel reminiscences in "furrin parts, " and when European countries spring’ into the news, he can draw upon his knowledge for topical. signed articles. A fact mentioned in his talk on Poland’ was that urns of:earth had been sent by Poles in New Zealand for use in the: construction, : near Cracow, Poland, of an’ earth to’ the late: Marshal: Pilsudski, ,