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Radio Record, 29 July 1938, Page 58

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N.Z. First! "En Zed" (Christehureh) : Congratulations to Mr. Harrison for his talk on Otira from 3Y¥L. This was the first oceasion I haye heard this speaker, and his pleasantly controlled and wellmodulated yoice just suited the talk. Tm getting heartily sick of tulks on overseas. Let us have something like this talk on New Zealand places-put in the same interesting way, Protest "Farmer" Cambridge): May I voice a protest against the action of the National Broudecasting Service in giving ihe recording of the Wellington steepleehase from 2YD instead of from 2YA as on previous occasions? When one is working all day and unable to hear the races, one looks forward eagerly to the recording at night, but it is very disappointing when the recording is given from a weak inaudible station This may he all right for listeners in Wellington, but let the National Broadcasting Service consider its country listeners and give all race recordings from 2YA at 6.45 p.m. in the future. |naccurate "Reeorded" (Gisborne) : While listen-ing-in to the interview with the captain of the English ladies’ Irockey team last week, I was astonished to hear the Canterbury captain ‘nform the visiting captain that the Canterbury team was the only team to defeat the English team on their 1914 tour. This boast was again repeated by the commentator after the match. This is quite incorrect, The Poverty Bay ladies’ team inflicted the first defeat of tlhe tour of Australasia on the Wnglish team. The score was: Poverty Bay 5, England nil. Incidentally, these goals scored at Gisborne were the first ‘goals scored against the tourists on their tour, Some time later the Canterbury team defeated the English team, but it was a team weakened by the absence of the English captain (owing to a family bereavement) and two other players (on

account of injuries received). Thanking you for space to make this correction. Dance Hits Voice of Many (Takaka): May I have a little space to suggest that, seeing the ZB stations have such a varied programme, they could spare, say, quarter of an hour, to play and give the words of the latest dance hits once a week? Country listeners do not get the opportunity to get the words of those hits. We may know the tune, but not the words; and I think it would be yery much appreciated if they could give us them slowly, so we could take them down. ; Also I think that Dorothy’s Happiness Club is enough to get on anyone's nerves! Breakfast Music Melody (Matamata): I wish to say how much I enjoy the music from YA stations on Sunday afternoons and evenings. As we get far too little of this kind of music we look forward to it all the week. Dinner music is always pleasant and agreeable, but why are we sent ont to our daily work depressed and irritated by the breakfast programme, which is composed largely of the lowest posSible type of music? Is our taste supposed to be at its lowest ebb in the morning? The whining of a saxophone and the rattle of a piano in compositions completely devoid of harmony or melody serve only to fill the soul with darkest gloom, though I imagine our programme arrangers are under the impression they are giving us something bright and cheerful. Let us have dinner musie at breakfast time, Answer To Correspondent "Disgusted" (Hamilton) : Thanks for interesting clipping, but we deny the soft impeachment that we have gone out of our way to slight Signor Mussolini. We think him a nice man.-Ead.