SIX PIP TIME SIGNAL SOON

Radio Record, 27 May 1938, Page 18

SIX PIP TIME SIGNAL SOON

Alteration Next Month--Women’s Sessions At NBS-Re-Broadcast Of The English Derby-Classical Readings From Station 4Y A-News From The Commercials

AFTER June 1 a new form of time-signal will be broadcast from the Dominion Observatory. These will take the form of six dots at intervals of one second, the last dot being the exact minute. The series of dots will be given every morning at 10.28, 10.29 and 10.30; in the afternoons at 3.28, 3.29 and 3.30; and during each evening at 7.28, 7.29, 7.30, 10.28, 10.29 and 10.30. The 7.30 p.m. and 10.30 p.m. signals will not be broadcast on Sundays, and in every case the signals will be superimposed upon the programmes. REGULAR morning session for women at all stations is to be introduced shortly by the NBS. "Margaret," as the speaker will be called, will be heard at first from ZYA, where she will begin her talks on Monday, May 30, at 10.45 a.m. The talks will later be heard from the other stations in turn. ‘"Margaret" is a woman with long experience of town and country life in New Zealand. She knows all the ins and outs of housekeeping, has done her own cooking, and has mixed with all classes. She will tell women how to cook a plain dinner, how to make emergency dishes, how to spring-clean the house, how to furnish a kitchen, what is the best food to give children. hints on cleaning and decorating, advice about home nursing, and the choice of clothes. "Margaret" plans to make her daily talks pleasant, informal chats about all sorts of questions affecting women and _ their households. She will give a guaranteed recipe every day. FROM all VA stations on Thursday, June 2, there will he a Daventry rebroadcast during the breakfast session of a running conmentary on the English Derby-the 155th race for this greatest event on the English turf. The rebroadcast wll start at approximately 8.5 am.. and tf it comes through as clearly as the Daventry rebroadcasts of the cricket, it will be well worth hearna. TPALK on "Derby Day on the Epsom ~ Downs," is to be given by Mr. A. L. M. Perry, on May 31, from 8YA,

Mr, Perry has given several good talks for the NBS on his recent experiences abroad. IDELY believed to possess the most perfect "radio voice" in New Zealand, Professor ‘T, D. Adams, of Dunedin, makes too few appearances before the microphone. But for some time to -_~~ ~ —

come he will be heard regularly on Friday night from 4YA. Classical readings, like those given by Mr, D’ Arey Cresswell from 1YA, will be broadeast between 9.20 and 10 p.m. The readings next Friday will be selected from the works of Dickens, Shakespeare and Wordsworth, and will be interspersed with appropriate musical interludes. There is room on any national programme for features of this nature. Cricket Ww A. OLDFIELD, tamous Austra- * lian cricketer, will be heard broadcasting an eye-witness account of the match hetween Australian and Middle sex, at 9 a.m. on Muay 29. from ®2YA. He will also give a description of the second and third day’s play at 7.50 a.m. aud 8.15 a.m. respectively on May 30 and 31. Negro Debaters Tv arrive in New Zealand shortly on a tour of the Dominion is a negro debating team. all the way from Te Moyne University, U.S.A, Advanee reports eredit them with being outstanding speakers. Listeners to 1YA_ wil: hear them in debate with the Auckland University team on Wednesday, June 29, arguing "That Peace ig Both Im. possible and Undesirable." The debate

is to be broadcast on relay by the station between 8 and 9 p.m. Aerial Display OR some weeks Rongotai Aerodrome has been the scene of new activities. Pilots of the Wellington Squadron of the R.A.F. have been busy practising for the aerial display to be given on the afternoon of June 4. Wel-° lingtonians have by now grown accustomed to seeing the squadron at work in the Blackburn Baffins, but Rongotai is not the only centre where practice goes on. The air force unit at Wigram Aerodrome are also preparing for this spectacular event,. 2YA will relay a description of the afternoon, and the broadcast of Rugby fvotball will be taken over by 2¥C. Kipnis A LEXANDER KIPNIS, whose ap- «* pearance in New Zealand is eagerlv awaited, arrives in Wellington on June 21, and is to make his first public appearance in the Wellington Town Hall on June 25. He is under contract to the N.B.S8., and will give two public concerts in each centre, which the YA stations will broadcast on relay. Plays THE average run of plays, from 4¥A ut least. seems to be no more than half an hour, nowadays, Considering the somewhat indifferent quality that has characterised recent offerings, even hali an hour is rather long. Next week Sheila Neilson, one of the betier producers, will be responsible for Russell Moss’s short play, "The King Bolt." The "play hour’-as Dunedin -_

¢calls the period between 9 and 10 p.m. on Monday nights-will not be «nt short, for a recorded play, "The Woman Called Ruth," will support the studio presentation. Missionary Marsden NENTENARY of the death of Samuel Marsden, which falls this mouth, is to be marked by the NBS in a talk by the Rt. Rev. F. A, Benne‘t, Bishop of Aotearoa. The talk is all the more interesting because Marsden’s mission was to the Maoris, who now themselves have a Bishop for the Maori race. Marsden was more than a missionary, and what he did in the importation of stock in helping the pioneers was very important. Bishup Bennett's talk will be given at 8.40 on May 27 from 2YA. Revenge "RED MAN’S REVENGE-Develop- . ments in Modern Mexico," will be the subject of a talk to be given trom 1YA at 9.5 p.m. next Thursday by the Rey. A. M. Richards. Mr, Richards, who is on holiday at Auckland, has a parish in the Grey Vailey, West Coast. He will be remembered us

the young man who, after concluding his studies in England some time ago, travelled the world, mostly on push bike. He spent some time in Mexico, so that his tall is eagerly awaited, especially as he intends to comment ou the recent exappropriation by the Mexican Government of foreign iaterests in the oil wells. Among The Ladies MRHTE relay end of radio work in 1988 finds the operatives sometimes in queer situations, When Ian Mackay, of 3ZB, set out tv "do" a mannequin parade from a big hall last week, he had no idea that he would become, unconsciously, comedian for an audience of women. He walked on to the stage with his equipment and exchanged bright badinage with the lady running the show. This went on during the preparations, First there was a titter, then a giggle, and then a roar from the spectators--if ladies do roar-be-cuuse Mae had quite forgotten that the public address system alongside him was "alive" and carrying every whisper right into the body of the hall. His Seettish sense of humour came to ithe rescue, Holiday Sing TRHE big Auckland Town Hall was booked .out long before Unele Tom’s children’s community sing during the school holidays. Three thousand seats were sold. About 250 children took part in the three choirs, and soloists and eusembles sung, The community sing has become one of the features of the May holidays, and Uncle Tom can be congratulated on the fine showing of the children every year.

3YA Change AQh. A. RYLAND, of the technical staff of BYA, has gone south on promotion to Dacre, near Invercargill, where he will play a large part in installing gear at the new station. ‘Mr. Ryland is the youngest senior technician in the service and has been at Gebbie’s Pass for 3YA for same years. He was farewelled by the NBS Guild and at a more formal function, when, in the studio, the staff gave Mr. Ryland a set of drawing instruments, Station 8YA has produced some notlable staff men--thorough experts at their particulary job--and lost them on acvount of promotion which naturally follows outstanding merit. And the curious thing is that one trio of them

has come to be known as the "Three R’s"’-~--M. Rickard, H. A. 8. Rollinson, and A. Ryland. Each of these three men made his radio start at 8YA. Peter Whitchurch PSE IRVEDLY popular with 22ZB listeners is the cheery-voiced Peter Whitchurch, who lately has been partnering Kingi Tahiwi. Peter is a man of Kent, whose love of the sea took him to the Thames Nautical Training College at the age of 14. Service in the seven seas finally gained him the post of third officer to the Awatea on her maiden trip to New Zealand. So well did he like the country that, after a spel] round the coast In traders, he decided that it was the rig sht place in which to live —

! : Family Estates "ADDITION to this week’s programme from 4YA is a recorded talk by Douglas Cresswell to be given on Friday night. This, first of a series on "Famous New Zealand Estates," discusses the "Deans of Riccarton." On June 3, Mr. Cresswell will talk on "John Grigg. of Longbeach," and on June 10 "The Rhodes Family" will complete the group. Listeners who have liked hearing these fascinating accounts of pioneering life in New Zealand will be pleased to learn that Mr. Cresswell is now in the Wairarapa and Hawke’s Bay gathering material for North Island talks on the same lines. Care Of Pets HW session of interest to young listeners is being instituted by Aunt Pat. It is a series of talks on pets and their care. Mrs, White, seceen evoauw

retary of the Junior Society for the Preyeution of Cruelty to Animals, is to give the talks on the third Monday of the month. English As Spoke MNHERE is no excuse for slipshud English now, if you have been listening in to 4YA regularly. In his series of talks, "Plain Man’s English," Professor Arnold Wall, late professor of English at Canterbury College, has been doing his best to help listeners out of little grammatica] difficulties. The talks have been as entertaining as they have been instructive, and it is a pity the end must come. Final talk in the series will be given from 4YA next Thursday night. In Town e[N TOWN ‘TO-MIGH'T," 2ZB's modified BBO feature heard on alternite Fridays, will, in future, be broadeast on alternate Sundays, probably at 930 p.m. Had A Voice? QOME people think there is some sort of mystical power that makes singers of them-that you call in at i Yadio station to haye an audition, just as you are vaccinated or inoculat-

ed. and lo, you are a singer, Last week a young woman entered a New Zealand radio station and requested un audition. "What type of work do you specialise in? Are you a musician or a vocalist?" she was asked, "Well, my friends tell me I’ve got a good voice." she replied, "but, of course, I’ve never had a lesson." Such people fail to realise that stations must present experienced, | case-hardened artists, used to singing to an audience, Cowboy 89ZB's real live cowboy, Happy Hill, with his hill-billies and tales of the Golden ‘est, is back at 2ZB again, and appears in the new Sunday afternoon music, mirth and melody programme. The ex-rancher will be heard regularly at 2.45 p.m. approximately. Women’s Work AL JTHOUGH the Male Voice Choir of Christchurch i ‘now many years old, feminine infiuence is allowed in the choir’s vocal efforts only when a soprano or contralto soloist or a visit-

ing artist is required, Believing that they should be allowed to do musical things on their own, a group of Christchurch women three or four years ago formed the Liederkrantschen-a choir of women only-conducted by Mr. Alfred Worsley. Just-'to show they can present a programme of lieder and other musical attractions as well as the men, jhe Liederkrantschen is to broadeast from the 8YA studios on June 3. The choice of works promises an excellent programme. For Nothing Was it Mark Twain who complained sardonically about the farmer who thought a couple of pumpkins would get him a half-column of free publicity in the paper? I think it was. Now, years after, in a somewhat dif-

ferent sense, Station 8ZB is meeting with a similar experience as regards sports. There has been a growing impression in certain quarters that this station’s excellent sports session is a vehicle for free publicity for anything from baseball to snakes and ladders. While the station is ready to help along sports in general, it does not seek to represent any particular branch. It remains entirely impartial. Pitcairn Request VITCATRN ISLANDERS will hear their first request radio session from 2%B on June 26. Time will cdepend on reception conditions. Band Broadcast N Sunday next, Wellington’s Salvation Army Band will broadcast the first of a series of monthly programmes -time, 9.30 p.m. Contest-winning Wellington Boys’ Institute Silver Band will be heard on the first Sunday in June. In A Piggery SCHEDULED for presentation by 8ZB last week-end was a trip through a pig farm. But this "arm was no ordinary establishment for the production of bacon. The owner, Mr. James Simpson, of Southbridge, is the winner of the Bledisloe Cup, valued at £75, for the best bacon judged at Smithfield, and Mr, Simpson’s hundred pigs of aristocr*tie lineage struck 3ZB as being: just the thing for an unnsual

sidelight. Arrangements were made, even, for one of the porkers to give voice to the wide world. Opera (CCASIONALLY the NBS presents listeners with: excellent artists in excerpts from famous operas. Occasionally, too, a complete work is given. But the musical vehicles are generally favourite pieces divorced from the whole, and so well-known that they cloy a trifle. I¢ is therefore pleasing that 3YA will stage recordings of a very seldom-heard work, "The Marriage of Figaro,’ on June 5. Autograph Craze SOME years ago George Bernard Shaw’s signature was worth £20. Now it is difficult to sell for £2, because of the many postcards he is in the habit of writing. Thig autographhunting business is one, however, which can be very remuneratiye. In Britain alone, there are said to be over 1000 people who make a good living as autograph collectors. In America it is estimated there are 50,000 men and women professionally engaged in the autograph market. One Christchurch woman Who knows the habits of autograph-hunters too well is Aunt Pat, Miss Maynard Hall, of 83YA. Every week. child listeners and grown-ups send her approximately 20 books for the signatures of herself and the various "uncles" attached to the station. 2YA Play QTAYERS-AT-HOME on Wednesday, June 1, will be able to enjoy a: play by Edmund Barclay, called "The Girl with the Tattered Glove." The band of Wellington performers presenting this play are known as the CoOperators, 2YA will broadeast at 9.5 p.m. Talented Family LI NUSUALLY talented are Wynne (piano), Claire (violin), and Lois (’eello) Simpson. daughters of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Simpson, of Christchurch. Wrnne, at the age of 13, brilliantly played the Liszt E Flat Concerto with the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra at 4YA, and two yearg ago won the nae tional pianoforte championship at Wellington WFisteddfod, embracing all classes under 21 years. Claire has won praise from Szigeti, and her section in the recent Christchurch competitions, and Lois eame through a Royal Academy examination with honours, Mrs. Simpson was a well-known Auckland pianist, whilst Mr. Simpson is director of Christchurch’s 3ZB. " ocals"’ JOUR very well-known Christchurch artists will entertain 3YA listeners on May 29 in a well-balanced programme. Miss Nancy Wstall, fine ’cellist, and Mr. H. G. Glaysher, harpist, will give a combined recital. They will be followed by Miss Cecily Audi- bert, noted soprano, whose experience on both the professional and amateur concert stage is apparent in all her work, and Miss Althea Harley-Slack,

— pianist. not Jong back from a trip to Australia. Farewell PLEASANT liitle function took place in 4YA studios recently, when Mr. hk. B. Allan was farewelled. Mr. Allan has been technician to the Dunedin NBS station for many years, having previously done service under the old 3roadeasting Board since its inception. He is a very popular young man, and on the occasion of his transfer to BYA glowing tributes were paid by Mr. H. Ninnis, station director, and others. j Mr. Allan was presented with an eleectrie jug and a reading lamp. Experienced OING the sports editing for 3ZB very capably is Les Kdwards. whose newspaper experience comes in well for this exacting job. Covering sports for a metropolitan newspaper obviously has taught him just which is the most important event, lon Idriess YO doubt you have all heard of that 4* young Australian adventurer and author, Ion Idriess, most suecessfu] as far as sales go, who has made a name for himself for his fine descriptions of unknown parts of Australia and New Guinea. In case you don’t know much about bim it might be a good idea to

tune in to 1YA on Friday, June 3, when Erhel Wilson, M.A,, will inform vou. ; Bound For Bali INER Mariposa will carry another popular radio personality out of New Zenland on June 10. Miss Ruby Palmer, better known to thousands of young listeners as "Cinderella" of LY A, is to lenve for an extended trip to the Dutch Kast Indies and Atistralia, New Voices WO new voices are heard from 1Z8B. One, slightly English in accent, with round tones, belongs to Brian Fargus, and it is Gil Cook who shares the breakfast watch with Des Lock. Both are new to broadcasting. They replace Colin and Michael, who shook the dust of New Zentand from their feet to go cruising with Count Felix von Lucknet in the Seeteufel. Of Hawaii YOUNGEST daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Bennett, and a niece of Bishop Bennett of Aotearoa, is Miss June Bennett, whose soft, well modulated voice is heard from 2ZB on Sunday afternoons in Hawaiian sessions. An old girl of Queen Margaret College and Marsden Girls’ College, Miss Bennett made an intensive study of Polynesian musie and lore on a recent visii to the islands of the South Seas, Her radio name ig Te Rangi,