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VISIT OF OPERATIC SINGER

Frederick. Collier’s Recital-A Celebrated Irish Tenor-Talks on Bicentenary of Methodism-Hammond Organ Performance — News from the Commercials

wo N MINENT Australian bassbaritone, Frederick Collier. will be heard in a group of songs from 2YA on May 27 at 9.20 pm. Mr. Collier has recently completed an engagement for the ABC, and in past years has heen in considerable demand for operatic roles in England. He has only been back from Europe a short time, and has been busy with broadcasting since his return to Australia. THE Hammond organ in the 2YA studios will be used for a recital on May 26 by Dunedin’s Cit Organist, Dr. V. E. Galwav. This noled musician needs no introduction to listeners. Dr. Galway’s programme comprises compositions by Cesar Franck, Bach, Mozart and Crawford. (CELEBRATED Irish _ tenor, Danny Malone, has had an interesting career. As a youth he was one of a party of Irish emigrants to New Zealand, and after a period of farm work in the Dominion, journeyed to London. where he and a pianist friend secured a theatrical audition. A representative of the BBC heard the audition and within 48 hours Dannv Malone had made his first broadcast. He worked 32 shows a year for three years with the BBC, and then went to America to do four shows a week for the NBC. He is at present in Australia under engagement to the ABC, and arrives in New Zealand in June to fulfil broadcasting contracts for the NBS. PJANNY MALONE reaches Wellington on June 8, and is to tour the Dominion, giving studio recitals for a season lasting six weeks. After going to Christchurch and Dunedin, following several broadcasts from 2YA, he then goes to Auckland, where he will give five recitals from LYA Such a fine singer, known so wel} by his many recordings, is bound to be popular with New Zealanc listeners. q" seams that the younger generation of farmers in Canterbury want= something more than market reports, the weatber and an occasional talk ou

agriculture. A suggestion that short talks of interest to Young Farmers’ Clubs should be given every week from 3YA was made by a club the other day, and the district committee of the clubs is looking into the idea.

NSTRUMENTAL novelty is to be presented from 2YA on May 26 in a combination consisting of two electric euitars, ukelele, and Spanish guitar. This quartet is brought to the microphone hy the Hawaiian-born Moni Jacobs, and they will feature songs of the Hawaiian Islands under her leadership. JATELLIGENCE officer. and a man holding many important posts in Russia not so mauy years ago, and now a resident of Christchurch, Mr. Lawrence H. Bowe will give listeners his personal impressions of Tzarist Russia from 3YA on May 28 at 95 pm. Mr Bowe looks the part for a talk like this, and his experiences are more tian usually interesting in view of presentday affairs politically. He was born in Moscow, of English parents. and educated in Mugland. In faet. he has had a far greater experience of life than most men, for he can count among his exploits a range of activities from war in the snow to tobaceo-planting in the tropics. RECITAL by two flesh-and-blood sartists wil] be given on Monday next from 4YA Trevor Thomas. popular Wellington baritone. will be beard in group of numbers, and Louise Car roll, pianist. will play Debussy’s Suite "Bergamusaque."

Feature Continues (NE of 2ZB’s brightest recent efforts was a session on records’ that "made" the gramophone record business in New Zealand, followed by a pregramme of old vaudeville hits, datel from the earliest days of entertainmént in New Zealand. Some of the records were privately owned by members’ cf the programme staff and are now unaprocurable. It is proposed to continue this much-listened-to feature, probahys y late on Sunday evenings. Piano Recital ROM Palmerston North comes Fran ces Revere to give a piano ‘recital from 2YA. on May 26 at 9.387 p.m, Wor her broadcast she has selected Bach's "Chromatic Fantasie and Fugue," and two compositions by Chopin, ‘"Prelude in B Major’ and "Scherzo in © Sharp Minor." Helping Mothers OPING to alleviate the hardships of being a parent in these modern days, Mrs. T. R. Barrer, Masterton. has the idea of launching a campaign for the formation of a voluntary band of women to help housewives. to look after children and to look after invalids. The whole problem has 4

Serious bearing on the birthrate. After a tragedy in Liverpool, when a widowed womau with a family bud to leave’ her children alone in the house while she took one child to the doctor. and the children were burned to death m her absence, a voluntary brigade was founded there to send women of sume leisure. vut to help overburdened women. Mrs. Barrer wants to start a similar movement in New Zealand. She is-to give a talk on the question from.2/A on Thursday, June 6. At the end of the talk, Mrs, Peter Fraser will speak briefly in Support of the cause. -- Symphonic TTHE Wellington Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon de Mauny, present the first concert of the 19388 season on Tuesday, May 24, aft the Town Hall. The programme = comprises Massenet’s Suite ‘"Seenes Pittoresque’; Saint Saens "Introduction and Rondo for Violin and Orchestra" and "Symphonic Poem-Danse Macabre"; Cesar Franck’s "Symphony in D Minor," and "Rakocazy March" by Berclioz, «As is custumary, 2YA will relay the complete concert. The Bible BEGINNING on Sunday, June 5, station 2YA will broadcast a series of talks on the fourth centenary of the setting up of the open Bible in Iinglish Parish Churches. These talks, four in vumber, are recorded versions of broadcasts from the BBC and last about 20 minutes, Notable personages give the talks, the first being Viscount Sankey, whose address is entitled ‘The Bible in England." Following at weekly intervals will be, "he Bible in the World" by the Minister of Labour, the Rt. Hon. Ernest Brown, M.P.; "The Bible in Personal Life’ by the Rt, Hon. Isaac Foot; and finally, ‘How to Know the Bible’ by the Archbishop of York. Bach broadcast will be given at 3 p.m, On The Ball LUB fvotball matches are well on their way in Christchurch, and 3YA proposes to do a relay weekly. So far so goud, but what many a_ listener wants to know is just why he cannot use his radio set to get the fireside view of the principal fixtures at Laucaster

Park ‘This bas beep a burning question in Canterbury for some time now, and the only body that can supply the answer is the Laneaster Park Board of Control. "Sapper" THE vigorous figure of Bulldog Drummond, immortalised by "Sapper." is always a good subject for enferthinment, whether in novel, film, oer radio form, The NBS staff have recently recorded their interpretations of thig famous character aud his as-

sociates in a play entitled "The Second Round: Bulldog Drummond Versus Carl Petersen." Young and old may hear this sixty minute thriller from 2YA on May 25. More Coverage REATER coverage than ever is now possible for 1ZB since the new transmitter at Waterview went on the air, It is particularly gratifying to those in charge that Waikato, Bay of Plenty, New Plymouth and Whangarei are receiving the station so well. The station wants more reports from listeners. Election Night STATIONS 4YA aud 4ZB had a busy night last Wednesday giving out the results of the municipal elections as they became available. Station 4YA even surrendered its routine programme, handing it over to¢4YO, Both the NBS and NCBS stations were on the air until well after their allotted time. Contrary to expectations, 4YA did brondeast a few of the speeches that were made by successful and defeated councillors shortly after midnight. Between them the stations certainly did keep listeners well posted,

and had the night been wet the service given would have been appreciated even more. As it was, the general feeling was one of gratitude to the stations. Answers HERD is a belief, and a very pro per one, at station 3ZB, Christchurch, that listeners like to know how things are going overseas. And so a session, "We Rise to Answer," by "Fred, Les and Mace," goes over the air every Sunday at 915 p.m. The trio rises to answer all sorts of questions on the state and why of Hurope. in informal fashion. With Kipnis RILLIANT young Ohristchurch pianist, Noel Newson, has been engaged by the NBS to make the New Zealand tour of the YA stations as accompanist to the famous Russian basso, Alexander Kipnis. The Russian singer arrives in Wellington on June 21, and is to make his first public appearance in the Wellington Town Hall on June ' 25. He will not give any studio recitals in the Dominion. ‘Two public concerts will be given in Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin and Auckland, in that order. His first Auckland re-

cital will be given on JtJy 19. Of course, in each ease the YA stations will broadeast the recitals on relay. Noel Newson has previously toured the National stations as @ pianist in solo work, and ualso"as accompanist for the Spivakovsky-Kurtz Trio, and Jater in the same capacity with Edmund Kurtz. -the ’cellist. He is regarded as the best accompanist in the Dominion. ~ Radio Candidate Qwn ER of station 42M, Mr. Robert Walls, does the hat-trick! Mr. Walls stood in the -interests of. the Labour Party as. candidate for the city council, Otago Hospital Board and Otago Harbour Board And: he scooped the pool, obtaining a seat on each body! It was a notable achievement,

particularly us Labour crashed heayily at the polls. The results are an indication, not only of the esteem in which Mr. Walls is held, but also of the popularity of his station. His work in establishing the Radio Church of the Helping. Hand has not gone unnoticed. Play Entries. FYNTRIES have closed for the NBS play competition, and the scripts will be judged before July 1, Mntries this year numbered 209 as against 390 last year, the smaller nuniber possibly being due to the restricting of the drama to incidents i1 New Zealand tife or history. In The Cell FPADIO announcers, like tnewspaper reporters, get inte weird places at times. Archie. Curry, microphone man at 8YA,. has had his share with the rest of them. Once he got all eloeutionary in °» cow-bail, describing for his station the finer points.in prize stock. Only the other day he was in gaol, more or less; hut actually his stance with microphone was in the prisoners’ cell at the Christehure) Supreme Court. Anybody who has visited thar place for newsgathering or mere curiosity has only one thing ‘uppermost in th: mind---the way ont. Mr. Curry’s job on this oecasion was to give listeners the news of an important building function,

its Clearer Voice "4B go--- 14Zb’s, new transmitter | is on the air!" There was ¢ break of ten seconds between these two statements by the station director at 1ZB, Mr. Walter Elliot, last week. In that time a lightning change-over was made by engineers from the 200-watt transmitter to the new 1000-watt station. In all parts of New Zealand listeners heard the sharp. increase in the volume of 1ZB, and’ districts ‘which had been poorly served reported’ exce!lent reception. Outlining the new equipment the engineer (Mr, .W. INingworth) said the tew station has a power of five times as much as the old. but that did not ‘mean that it —

wowdd be received five times as clearly by listeners. Mr. Illingworth announced the new frequency as 1070 kilocyeles, a position. which is freer from interference and overcrowding than the old frequency-which was 1090 kilocy¢les. During the evening hundreds of telephone ¢alls, tolls even from Otago, and telegrams from everywhere were received. Hach day since ‘at least a hundred reception reports have come to hand. , Racing THE racing people certainly had bad luck for their last big meeting’ in Christchurch, through constant ~ bad

BV AST AST AE AO LAW AST LST bL GDS hal FBS Fil G* weather. But hopes are high for better fortune, in more ways than one. on May 28 when the Canterbury Park Trots will be run. Station 3YA will look after the microphone as usual and, as one of the staff put it the other day, "May there be no vostponement of the trots, when we set out to broad--cast." One is Blind HREE of Auckland’s outstanding musicians are being featured ver a period of several weeks by 1ZB, They are Thea. of iZB (Miss Dorothea Ryan), pianist, Alan Morton, the blind young man of the Jubilee Institute for the Blind who is New Zealand champion cornetist. and Vincent Aspey, the violinist, Miss Rvran is to broadcast on May 25 at 6.15 p.m., Alan Morton on June 1 at 6.15 p.m., and Vincent Aspey on June 8 at the same hour. London Strolls TERN is something about the word London that is always subtly thrilling. Wondon is to he talked about by Miss Lorna Rowland from 4YA_ next week, the week following and the week after that again, It is some time sinee this gentle-yoiced young woman was heard giving London impressions from 4YA_ She, being recognised as an authority, and her subject .being what it is, 4YA should have its fair share of listeners at 840 pm. on May 25. June i and 8 Her series is entitled "he London Seene" and the first talk will be "Let’s Go Down the Strand."

The others will be, respectively, ‘Let's Dine in Soho," and "The West Bnd." Listeners "THERE has been an increase of about 300 radio sets in the Christehurch district in the last 12 months, according to figures issued by the ofDLV FBS CBSO LO ha G\ Bl Cal V al 6 hal Dal hel OBST

MV ASV OSV ASW hal lV hl hel Wh! Ohl 6 hel ba! Fhe! fice of the District Telegraph Engineer. At the end of March this year, licenses had been taken out for 28,369 sets, compared with 25,401 at the end of March, 1937. The increase in the number of sets in use has also been accompanied by a rise in the number of dealers in the district-71 this year as against 66 last year. Experimental amateurs’ licenses have also increased in number. from 938 to 101, Dog Parade NEVER before has a more mofley col- *~" lection of dogs been seen in Dunedin than that which paraded in High Street, Dunedin, the other Saturday morning. It was an open-air dog show, bur the show was not limited only to pedigree hounds. It all eame about because a leading picture theatre was running a dog competition in conjuction with the appearance of a "famous Hollywood dog star." Prizes were given for the fattest dog, the dog with the longest tail, the smallest dog and the cleanest dog. The whole event provided 4ZB with an unusual relay. Sleep and Rest REMEMBER that smiling little Russian tenor, Senia Chostiakoff, with the fine voice, who made a successful tour of the National stations about a year ago? Last week he called in at Auckland as a through passenger on the Aorangi, bound for Sydney from Vancouver, aud visited some of his old friends at 1YA. Senia has just concluded most suecessful tours of South Africa and Canada, while he also visited London, Although he gave concerts, his work was mostly broadcasting, amd he made no secret of the fact that he had done really well, financially and

otherwise. "Now I’m going home to sleep and rest," he told a 1YA Official. For some years he has made his home in Sydney. Immediately after his last engagement with the NBS, Senia Chostiakoff toured New Zealand, appearing at. picture: theatres and running community singing concerts with Vinee Ryan, comedian, as partner. Mother's Day ()FFICIALS at 1ZB had reason to be pleased with themselves last week over the Mother’s Day concért in the Auckland Town Hall. The entire hail, of nearly 8000 seats, was sold several days before the concert, and a cheque for £155 was handed over to the Auckland Hospital Board to establish and endow a children’s cot in the Princess Mary Wards of the Hospital for more than a year. The concert was organised and presented by Dorothy Wood, director of the Happiness Club. Sir Ernest Davis announced that he would endow a cot in the Auckland Hospital as long as he was able. Rev. W. C. Wood, chairman of the Hospital Board, received the cheque for £155 from the Countess of Orford. patron of the Happiness Club, 2ZB Announcing FLOLLOWING the introduction of a new announcing plan at 2ZB, lisreners are now able to tune into their favourite announcers as follows :-Aggie, 6 a.m.-9 a.m., Peter Whitchurch and Kingi Tahiwi 9.30 a.m.-10.30 a.m., Jay MeNamara 10.30 a.m.-11.30 a.m., Leon Gotz (pronounced Gertz) 12 noon-2 p.m. Aggie 2 p.m.-2.30 p.m. Phil Shone and Michael Forlong 3 p.m.-4 p.m... provincial hours 4 p.m.5 p.m. Bryan O'Brien 5 p.m.-6 p.m., Aggie and Jay 6 p.m.-8 p.m.., Peter and Kingi 8 p.m.-10 p.m., Phil and Michael 10 p.m.-midnight, Australian Actor "THE name of Mr. Alfred Bristowe, well-known Australian actor, who gave the interesting "Record" interview last week on radio play produc tion at the BBC, appeared incorrectly as Briscoe. Mr. Bristowe, after having assisted in a number of NBS dramatised productions in Wellington for the last week or two, leaves this week on his way home to Australia. Mr. Bristowe broke his journey at Wellington on his return from q lengthy visit ro England, where he took part in a number of plays at the BBC studio,

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