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Commercial Programmes "Puzzled" (Auckland) : I am wondering why a change has been made in printing the programmes of Commercial stations? They are terribly diffienlt to follow now, whereas before one could pick out items one wished to hear in a moment. [The change in layout is at the suggestion of the Commercial Broadcasting Service, and has the virtue of grouping Commercial tranmissions into the days of the week without waste of space.-E1.] Song Racket "A Victim" (Waikato): I was bitten by ‘a song shark, and I hope your recent article will -help New Zealand song-writers to steer clear of these unscrupulous organisations. Until re-

cently I had no idea that the big American concerns of this type had agents in New Zealand. I myself was "done out of’ my hard-earhed cash by an American firm to whom I wrote direct, having seen their advertisements in 2 magazine, The amount they had:from me was 50 dollars-quite a tidy sum. Tang of Criticism H. Courtney Archer (Southbrook) : wish to congratulate you on plucky stand in publishing in your paper such an excellent article as "Canons and Cannon,’ by Gordoa Mirams. It is pleasing to see that the "Radio Record" does not owe lip-service to any conservative element, and there is a fresh tang of criticism in your magazine, Indeed. I would Jike to see more articles of the nature of "Canons and Cannon" in your magazine.

"Crusade H. E. Dixon .(Te Aroba) : I cannot say how deeply gratified I was to read "Not So Educated," by A.R.M. ‘in last week’s "‘Itecord." Most papers intended for the general public would be = constrained from publishing such an article by the fear that a section of-that public. might be offended, but you, by bringing before your readers a few of the ghastly offences against dumb crea¢ures, may have given impetus to. a movement which will. bring about a de‘finite improvement-long overdue-in the treatment meted out to animals. Hearty congratulations! Do It Again! Mrs. F. B. Skinner (Christchurch) : In the "New Zealand Radio Record," June 10, I noticed an article entitled . ‘Canons and Cannon," by Gordon Mirams. I read it, and would now like to tell you how much I enjoyed reading it. Not only was it interesting, it was also very much to the point. Articles such as these’ are appreciated by. all right-thinking people; and they also help those of us who have the welfare ‘of our fellow human beings at heart to feel that we do not stand quite so much alone as perhaps we think we do. I’m sure it must take a certain amount of courage to print such articles. THere’s hoping you'll do it again! Sunday ' Afternoon Sam’l (Fielding): Working people arrive home for tea "six-thirty-ish." Some have to be at work at eight o’clock in the morning, others may linger over the bacon and morning paper until they find that they have to run to get to the office by nine o’clock. This happens six days out of the seven. But. on Sunday-what happens then? We may stay in bed until ten o’clock or later-or we may get up at about our usual time and do a little work in our long-suffering gardens, and perhaps a few. other odd jobs round the place, After that? A book, a fire, dinner and ease. Wase includes the wireless. But -it’s a big but-why do we have to listen to musical education rammed into the listening public by the NBS? In nine casés out of ten the listening public want something bright and cheery -something they know-something they: can. understand. What is wrong with artists:like Peter Dawson, Gladys Moncrieff, Nelson Eddy and_ others singing songs we all know?: