Radio Round The World

Radio Record, 17 June 1938, Page 74

Radio Round The World

MONG the earliest celebrity importations to Australia this season, Lauri and Dorothy Kennedy have remained longer than the original period, in order to fit in a return recital] tour of the different State studios of the Australian Broadcasting Commission. They have already been back +o Adelaide (Dorothy Kennedy’s birrhplace), and after a Melbourne season of two weeks, will go down again to Hobart for a similar period. Lauri Kennedy is Toseanini’s chosen ‘cellist, being requisitioned-equivalent to royal command-whenever the maestro conducts in London. In fact, Mr. Kennedy risked incurring Toscanini’s displeasure by prolonging his present stay in his homeland, and cancelling a series of nglish engagements to do so, AN outstanding comic is now being heard on the uir-Audrey Andersou, known to herself as H’Audrey FT’ Anderson, who comes from 2UE every Monday and Thursday at 9.30 pan. New Zealand standard time, The feature has showmanship and — presentation, and Audrey Anderson (yes, H’Audrey H’Anderson) carries ig out like a true artist,

THE age has gone in which littte children were seen and not beard. In Australia, "Lhe Children’s Newspaper," a unique radio session conducted by Charles Cousens in the new 263 children’s hour six nights a week a! 7.0 pm, New Zealand standard time. is formed by discussion of world affairs from Czechoslovakia to China. Cousens speaks in a manner that makes news not only intelligible but interesting to the younger generation. TRHE Marconi Company has erected at Poldbu w monument Commemoratipg the great radio achievements that tuok place in tbe little Cornish Village. A granite column was unyeiled by Mr. R. N. Vyvyan, former chief engineer of the company, aud plaques on the monument recall Poldhu's radio history. From this spot went out the historic letter S (three dots in the Morse code) which Marconi picked up in Newfoundland "while all the world wondered." The first trans-ocean wireless service was based on the Poldhu station, designed by Sir Ambrose Fleming. It was from Poldhu that ip 1923Yt Mr. C. S. Franklin, the inventor of the Franklin beam aerial, directed his historic transmission to the Ellettra, cruising in the South Atlantie.,

OUR Musi¢ and Mine," from stution 2ZUW every Monday evening av 9.45 NZ.T., gives to lovers of music v rare treat, for it coyers a yast domain of music, old and new. AV the Jatest rhythmical song hits from the big film musicals of to-day are contrasted with the delightful balluds of other days. Other listeners may delight in Wagierian operaWhilst some prefer the lighter classics, A PAIR of scissors and a bow! of pea soup are bardly orthodox "instruments" for use in an orchestra, but they have figured in at least one trans: Missiou by the BBC Variety Orchestra. Styx Gibling, the drummer, used them us two of the many effects be invented forthe recent broadcast version of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"; he ¢licked the scissors in front of the microphone to represent the squeaking of mice, and blew down a tube into the pea soup to make the "witch’s eau!dron" bubble. 'The orchestra, which is frequently heard in the Daventry transmissions, will broadcast in the near future, when it provides the musie for the next edition of "Palace of Varie"ties" on Tuesday evening,