PUBLIC TRUST

Radio Record, 1 April 1938, Page 23

PUBLIC TRUST

Estates of a value of £549,712 were reported and accepted for administration by the Publie Trustee during February, The total value of the cesrates muder administration by the Publi¢ Trustee on March 81, 1987, was £60, 770.814, and the new business for the eleven months ended February 25, 1988, was £5,405,715. Grants of administration made by the court in favour of the Public Trustee numbered 206 for the month. During the month 3894 new _ wills appointing the Public Trustee executor were prepared on behalf of testators and lodged for safe custody, and 836 existing wills were revised to provide for changes desired by testators, The total number of wills now held in the Public Trust Office on behalf of living persons is 90,209,

Aunt Daisy WELLINGTON accorded 2ZB’s Aunt Daisy a. boisterous send-off last week at the Town Hall, which was packed from the doors to the organ loft tong before the two hours’ midday eniertainment began. . Highlights from 4 nrogramme which proved over ambitious from a stage-managing point of view, were the cooking of various . dishes, fishes and animals by four teams of four men each in which Mr.. yy, C. A. Hislop, mayor of Wellington, Mr. C, G. Serimgeour, Controller. of the C.B.S., and Messrs. O. N. Gillespie and R. H. Nimmo showed to good advantage. Comic relief was.also shown by Messrs, O’Brian, Tahiwi, Whitchurch (NOE), Harison Cook and Agassiz, entertainment ending with a farewell. speech hy Mr. Scrimgeour and the singing of "Auld Lang Syne." The gathering was a remarkable tribute to the undying personal popularity of Aunt Daisy who, 10 quote from Kingi Tahiwi’s compe-tently-handled broadcast, was "known to every member of the staff of 2ZB as i most gracious and charming lady." Of The Inland "WLYNN of the Inland" needs no introduction to "Record" readers, 3ut Flynn in print and Flynn in person are two eutirely different considerations, and though it may not fall to the lot of many New Zealanders to meet thig heroic man, thousands may certainly have the pleasure of hearing him speak from the NBS stations while he ix in New Zealand. The Rev. John Flynn will be heard from 4YA next Wednesday night. His subject will be "The Mantle of Safety." a story of the tiving doctors of Australia. Listening GTATION muneger of 8YA, Mr. J. Mackenzie, who has returned to duty after annual leave, told the "Record’s" Christchurch reporter last week that he had discovered that 3¥YA is listened to closely right down to Oamaru, while Marlborough looks to 2¥A for the best reception, The reference to the southerners, of course, implies no reflection on 4YA. Mr. Mackenzie was relating merely what he had been told in the course of his holiday travels. Library No musical society, in New Zealand or anywhere else, can sail the seas of musical peace unless it looks to its library, just as important to a body of singers as rigging is to a yacht. Here ix where the Christchurch TWarmonic Society seores, This club is fortunate in having a ladies’ auxiliary of strength and purpose and a management which looks on the library as one of the most important adjuncts to the society’s work. The committee is optimistic of the future of the society and urges support for those who are trying to maintain and cultivate a general interest in ehoral musie. Private Station T present Station 1ZJ, operated as the only private station in AuckJand, is undergoing overhaul. Although it only broadcasts a few hours each week, from noon to 2 p.m. on Mon-

days, and from 7.30 te 9.30 pm. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1ZJ has its following of listeners. Bill Hindman, formerly of 1ZR and 1ZM, is of course the station’s most popular personality. The well-known sports. announcer is doing good work with his Own concert party of 19 artists. The company tours the province and presents concert entertainment, the proceeds going to assist the funds of various sports bodies.