Wireless News

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20860, 20 May 1933, Page 17

Wireless News

[By ARIEL.]

I have from time to time bewailed the lack of initiative of the New Zealand Broadcasting Board, but for the coming week, at least, I propose to take back any hard words I may have written. For on Empire Day, Wednesday, May 24, the New Zealand YA stations will link up \vith the Australian national network for an Empire-wide programme. This is to be very ambitious undertaking, and one o£ absorbing interest; and from the listener's viewpoint, if only atmospheric conditions are favourable, should prove to be the most exciting broadcast we have ever heard. Now let me tell you—briefly—what exactly is going to happen. At, 9.30, New Zealand time, the Post and Telegraph Department's receiving station on Mount Crawford, Wellington, will pick up the programme from Sydney, and this programme will be relayed to all YA stations. The control :-tation for this event is at Sydney, and the proceedings will start frum there at 8 o'clock in the evening, whien means 9.30 New Zealand time. Following "Gocl Save the King." there will be a "roll call' of all national stations ik Australia and New Zealand, and the Fiji station, with short reulies from these stations. At 8.20 (Sydnov time) the stations will pass over to tne Empire Day dinner at Sydney, and at o.4t> there will be a message from Earl Jellicoe with a response by his Excellency the Governor-General oE Now Zealand. At 9.22 H.R.H. the Duke of Gonnaught will transmit a message from London by the medium of the /vnglo-Australian radio telephone circuit; and at 9.34 there will be a toast from Ottawa, in Canada. At 0.48 we will go back to London to'hear a speech fiom the Pa. Hon. J. M. Whitley, chairman of the British Broadcasting Corporation; and ten minutes later we will hear from Sydney the response of the chairman of the" Australian Broadcasting Commission. Back again in London, wc will hear from the capitul of the Empire a message at 10.32, and the programme will conclude at approximately 12.10 New Zealand standard time. And this is not all. In. addition to these messages and toasts from other parts of the Empire there will be a musical programme from the Australian Broadcasting Commission's symphony orchestra and the choir of 200 voices. And at 8.56 there is to be a haka transmitted from New Zealand to Sydney, then retransmitted back here, and relayed to the YA stations. In fact, altogether a programme that must not on any account be missed. The' conception of the transmission is apparently based on the celebrated Christinas programme, when listener! t'U over the Empire were "linked toK'ethcr by the Empire short wave station in England. Atmospheric <•( nditions were then not very favourable, and the time of the trariumissi >n was not vefy satisfactory But Australian programmes are just 0 t present commg in very well indeed, and with luck next Wednesday should prove to be a red letter day'for New Zealand listeners.

Programmes Improve. They do indeed. 2YA especially has quite a Worthy selection of wai-es to orier. On Monday night from that station wc are to have an hour with Beethoven. Paul Vinogradoif is to play (with the 2YA concert orchestra) the concerto No. a in C minor. Vinogradov ia to be reckoned among the best of our resident pianists, i-nd the concerto is one of Beethoven's earlier works (op. 37) and perhaps more easily appreciated Vum tome of his later—uiiu more obscure--scorings. Listen also to Chaliapin's "In Questa Tomba Obscura." It is an extraordinary record, and personally 1 can play it for half an hour, over and over i again* What is more, there are scarcely- any protests from the .other members of my household when I do play it oVer find over again; Whei-cus gome lime ago, when my gramophone was Undergoing tune tests, and 1 played the Liszt Second Hungarian Rhapsody for an entire afternoon; When the Philadelphia!! Symphony Orchestra had played tii-ta-ta-ta; ta4fi-ta-te, for the hundred and thirtieth time, I really thought my life was in danger. NoW on Tuesday night from 2YA there is a playlet, entitled "A Marriage has been Arranged." On Wednesday night there is, of course, the Empire programme; on Thursday there are enough band items to please the most ardent brass band advocate: land on Friday and Saturday pro» grammes of average merit have been arranged. I can hot-flatter 3YA quite so mirli in its choice of prOgr&minCs for the coming week. But on Saturday, at least, we ate to have a programme of outstanding merit. From 9 o'clock onwards we are to hear the Spivakuv-sky-Kurtz Trio. 1 need not say very much about this trio. It is Without doubt the most important musical combination that this country has heard for several years, and if you like the type of mtisic they will play on Saturday you tvill of course listen to them. But if you do not like the type of music they will play, what then? It is said of Piccadilly GireUs, that if you wait there long enough you will eventually meet any ffersdrt in the world you. may wish to see. The point is, of course, that you will have to look* Nov/ an almost analagous statement may • be made about some kinds of music. Take, for example, the Schubert B Flat Trio. Listen to other music for long enough—and you will eventually come to a point when you will appreciate this trio. Listen this week—next week—sometime—but never listen, never appreciate.

I Soviet Broadcasts. From the YA stations to Russia is a long, long way. But apparently broadcasting in the larid of the Soviets also has its major problems. I gather (from a periodical named the British Russian Gazette) that news items play a very large part In the transmissions. - To the 170,000,000, estimated to be the population of thfe Soviet Union, news is sfent out about the life and struggle of the working masses, news of their victories on the industrial and agricultural fronts. According to my informant, listen-ing-in is absolutely free. The tradeunion rooms, clubs, factories, mines, sawmills, fisheries, Red army barracks, schools, sanatoria, convalescent homes, playing fields, reading huts, State farms, collective farms, pioneer camps, engineering clubs, clubs of experts, houses of scientists, peasant hostels, cinemas, and many other cultural and scientific organisations are equipped With radio. There are in Russia 59 broadcasting stations with a total power of 14,984 kilowatts, and in 1933 another ten sta- | tions are planned for erection. An | interesting point is that the so-called 1 "roll-call" transmissions (as is planned for the Empire Day broadcast on Wednesday), whereby people in dif-

ferent parts of the Soviet Union participate in a meeting or conference Jl6ld several thousands miles away, are & feature of the transmissions. Most of the radio apparatus in Itussia is; built in that country, and I believe that the instruments are specially calibrated so that it is a matter Of difficulty to receive foreign programmes. If this is the case, it must be galling for a musically-minded Russian to receive great news of economic victory ort the Nishni-Novgorod front—-when he would prefer to be listening to a programme of dance music from Vienna, v or a symphony concert from Berlin. But then, New Zealand is not the only country which has its broadcasting difficulties.

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BROADCASTING.

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMMES. 3YA, CHBXSTOHTJROH. (980 Kilocycles.) o p.m.: Selected recordings. U. 30: Sports rcftuHs. 4..M0: Special Wfiuther forecast and sports roKults. 5.0: Children's hour, conducted by Aunt I'At. 6.0: Dintler* music. 7.0; Neiva and reports. 8.0: Concert Programme. Relay of programme from Station 4YA, DuuedhL 10.0: Hports roault*. 10.0*11.0: Dando music, 3ZC, OHRISTCtttTROH. (1200 Kilocycles). 10-11.30: am.: Recorded programme. 7.0' 8.0 p.m.: News', sporting results, selected recordings, 8.0-11,0: Programmo and danco ivi u sic. 2YA, WELLINGTON (720 Kilocycles.) 10 a.m.: Selected rceurdinjjs. 10..IO: Devotional servne. 12 noon: Lunch i:iusi»'. 2 >*. m.: Selected recordings. o.'J: Lielay of liugby Football match from Athletic Park. .">.O: Children'# hour, conducted by Aunt Molly urn! Cncb; Jasper. 0.0: Dinner music. 7.0: N'fnvii and imports. (2YC, JOiU cycles. after-dinner music). 7.'>o : W .L. A. Session, W. J* l . Wauehop, W.A.. "Hie Omnia of To-dnv— lUuropcan Drama." 6.0: Concert programme. (Relay to 2ZO, Masterton). (This programme uill be interrupted to permit ril a relay from tho Dc Luxe Theatre). Overture, 2YA Concert Orchestra, (Conductor, Leon do Manny), "Ch«l Romano'' (Ketulbey). 8.7: Recording (humour). Clupham and Dwyrr, "Argu* motifs" (Pts. .1 find 2) (Dwyer). 8.10: Novelty, piano and vocal, Mamie Reid and Maiftio Curd no, (a) "By tlio Fireside" (ConnoUy) ; (b) 4 ' Jmprovipatinn'* (Vitus') : (c) "Holding l My Money's Hand" (Hirpeli). 8.23: V&j«e, 15YA Concert Oreh«fltra, "V'tUe lileue" (Murgis). £.28: Hinging novelty, l'uiil Cullen. "Uld Titnf! Favouritef;" —-(«) "Songs tlint «ro Old Livo Forever" fWarrlek) ; (b) "Bweet Genevieve' 1 (MS); (c) "(.Momentinc" (Mont Itogc) ; (d) "Kentucky Home" { Fopferl ; (?) "Let Mo Call You Sweetheart" (Frcdmun); (f) "My Doimio is Over the Oconn" (Traditionnl i. 8.-10: Lcturollc, A. L. Kirk, ' *Thn Mystery of illo Mnflboroiigh." D.O: "Weather report and uotlfefr. !^2: .Firnt exclusive go Mint: thJk by Archie Compston, hi) "Tho Snernt of Long Driving"; (b) l,r rhe Secret of Good Iron I'lfiy." Selection, UYA f'onrerf OrcheHtru, "The Cho.-oifite Soldier" fßtrftusrf). Novelty Viano ntwl Vocal, Mamie Ucid and Cardj]f>, (,-t) "If I I>idn't Jlnve You" (Ager) ; n») "f-nprice" (Sibeliiiß); (<•) "Jn n Shanty in Old Hhnnty Town" (Young). Violin nnd 2YA Concert Orchestra. (Solo violin. \\\ Ifaydoek), "C/nrdnt*" (Monti). Sri)jritno, Julie Unwell, (n) "Aul>ade" (Lala); "The Mtild of Cadiz'' (OeJlbcsK Soprnn.» t with orchestra, mussel/, (a) "Uob^'o tu ciw Adoro 1 ' (M ; (b) "A Uoliin'.s Song" (White). Rei-ording, Mfumoiir), Sandy M/io/nrJflnr. (a) "Paddy Loy" ( Macfavlnnp) : (h) "Where the tUue TJell Urowp" ( Mft( j. Paraphrase. -YA CoucL-rf Orehertlrrt. "11 TroviMnre" (Vftrdi). Selection, "The Cinema Star" (Gilbert). Sporting (summary. Dance programme. DAVEHTRV, KKGLAND. u.m.: Tlm-» from TJig TJenj news bullet in and a unuu it'-euien t«. 1 o.f*o : Concert by flu« U.H.C. Tliealre Orchestnt (leader. Montague Rrearlcv;, conducted by Arthur Wood; tlie chorus (nectiou (/), Olive (Vroveft (flopranoL George 3lal:er (baritone). 11. to: l)ance (gramophone rorords). 12-{2.510: Sydney Oustard at the (PtQtiu ol t)ie Gjiumont J'aJaco Cineni/i, Chester.

SUNDAY. 3TA, CIIfeXSTCIIUECJI 3 p.m.: Selected rnnordingfi. Olii)dren'ft ftotig Servi'.-e by I'hiidreii ol' AmJlican Sunday HiJifioK. (1.15: Chim \s Irom Studio. H.'W: S'-'Un-U'il recording; l . 7.0: Kelay of LOvftiiiii; Bti'vicn from C'hrlMrhur. !i Anglican f'iif he-dial. I'vetflior the Xoty I!.'V. the Dl.'ttn d.li'J: Inj jpfo>.): Coijecri profU'fii.itn''. Miinth, (Madeline Hill Hixl Int. Premier Orchestra, "Tlic Pcftivn!" ('Amnee. uili). Oovottr, "Castle Cliiiix.i" ((■jtrubi'i). I'rnmitlii' Soprano, Til 11 in u if clJobaid, (n) "Oil" Fine Day" (Hrnlmlm UiiUerlly) ( i'ucelni) ; <b) "If .My Kofi S s Wore Ohl Winded" (Ilahn); ('■) "Love, Fly im No.*)' I'luuhih" (Trot-/ilore> M'i>rdi)j (A) "Se Haraii tlo.i.i" (WftlU Sling) (Afilltb, fi. (0: Premier Orchestra, Cornet nolo, "Love's Old Sweet Hnnp" (MoHoy). Indian March, •'March vt the llrahmtin PrieMn" from tlm Soife "A Nl(tli( fi> India'' (OohU). B.US: I'ariione, A, (i, 'l'hompson, (a) "Little of tj o v »■'' (Foster); (b) "For Ut-riii'iiibrnnc'.-" ( U'oolnier). !/.2: Weather forecast awl noticeg. 9,4 j OvprlMre. Premier Orchestra, "Lustsplel" (Kc)a Held). 9.11: Uncording: KiisomMe and Chorus and Orchestra of Herlin State Opera House, "Aliia," Filialo Act 2, "Short*, Lord, 'l'iiese People" (Verdi), y.ll: Piano, Altliwi JTarlcj'-Kbtek, "Intermezzo ill A Minor" Op. 118; Intermezzo In A Major" (Urßlifns). 0.19: Melody, Premier Orchestra. "if find io D'Amour" f Cle/rient'>. SJ.'J'J: Dratanlle Soprano, Lillian McDonald, {h) 'Vtiftiin?" (Wpeu ks) ; lb) "liule. I Dave Won Voil'.' Mtiiimld); < '• 1 "0 Sin? to iff tho Anld Scotch Sallys" <hr,-r,n). v.: 11: Piano. All Ilea Jl;n-loy.Slnefc. "lttiapMidio in 1$ Minor"- Op. 71) (lira Inns). Kccordinj: 'l'eiior, 'l'ilo Schipa with orchestra, "Fair Maiden of Naples" (In Neapolitan). 0.40: tvccofdinf;: Characteristic pi pre. Amers and L'n.stbourne Municipal liand, "Tim Little ('look on the Mantel" (Wheeler). 0.415: liaritonc, A. (r. Thompson, (a) "Looking For You" (Sanderson)! (b) "To (hi) llnktiou'n Oftiicless" (Cobb): (<•> " Pilßriniage - ' (Meale). 9.4!): Premier Orchestra, "Symphonic Theme" (Selnibori). 0.55: Recording: Choristers of Sf.. Andrew's ('Hthcdral, Sydney. "Lift I'hino Kyp.s" (llp/idplspobn). OJiS: Prefnier OfcboAlf-a, Stnrche Militaire "The Weotern Sun" (Hftger;.

' i 3ZO, OHRISTOHURCIL 1 (JliOO Ivtlocycles). ! 9-10.0 fi.m,: J iJecorded procramme. 6.30- ! 8.0 p.m.: Orchestra! recordings, 8.0-10.0: Recorded concert. 2YA, WELXiIKGTOK. p.m.: Selected recordings, 0.0: Children's .Song Serricc, conducted by Uncle George, Msisted by flio Children's Choir front the Church of Christ. 7.0: Relay of oveninjj servieo from St. John's Presbyterian Church. trencher: Rev. J, R. Blanehhrd, Organist and Choirmaster: W. Lawrence llagteitt, 3<\T v C.I./. 4 h.A.Hi S.IS (apptoit.) : Concert programme; (Relay to 2Zf>, Mttsterton.) Concert by the Port Nicholson Silver Band (Conductor, J. J. Dretf), and 2YA Artists. Ilymn, The Band, "I'm Praying For You" (nfr. Sco(ney). March, ' 'The West Yorks'' (trimmer). Contralto, Dorothy spillef, (a) "0 Western Wind" (Bmho) ; (b) "An Open Reerot" (Woodman). 'Cello, George Ellwood, "Rhapsody" (Popper). "Musical Sketch, The Band, "Br the Htvannie lllvcr" (Myddleton). Vocal and I'iano, Carneo Concert Trio, "Memories of the South" (arr. Croivtlier). Selection, The Band, "The Vagabond King" (Frirril). Trombone Notelty, "Cooti Band Contest" (Pryor). Weather report and notices, Contralto, Dorothy Splller, (it) "Tired Hands" (Sanderson): (b) "That's AH" (Bratie). 'Cello, George Kllwood, (a) "Jlftbanera," (Ravel); (b) ''Chanson Louis XIII. and Pavane" (Coperift-Kreislef). Intermezzo, The Band, "Rendeox t'oiis" (Alletier). Vorial and Piano, Catrieo Concert , Trio, "In Queen Victoria's Days" (aff. 1 Croivther). Cornet tad Euphonium Duet, Bandmaster T, Goodall and Bandsman A. O, Kaye, "ExceUlor" (Baffe). Recording (Duets), Denis King ririd Adrienae Briie, (a) "The Three Mrisketeers—Your Eyes" (Friml) ; (b) "The Three Musketeers—One Kiss" (Friml). Yalso, The Band, "The Blue Danube" (arr. Greenwood). Ifareh, "Brigade Major" (Ord Hume). DAVENTRY, firrOLAKD. 10.30 a.m.: Time signal from Big Ben. A Religious Service, relayed from St. Martin-in-tho-i'ields, Trafalgar" square, London. 31.15: Gramophnno rficofds, 12.15-12.50: suwmai'y o£ tho week's neivs.

Portugal recently honoured an old woman Who ha§ beeri rubbing arid scrubbing ciothes for 70 years, with the river as her washtub. It must have been the greatest day of her life when, a shoi*t time ago, she Was formally decorated with a medal iri the market place of her native village. Ever since she rhade a start at il years of age, this hard-workifig old wom&n Ms spent day after day kneeling at the side Of the fiver turning dirty clothes into clean ones. While she has worked away with a rub and a Scrub for 70 years there have been enough stirring happenings in her Country to give her and her fellow-washerwomen endless subjects for gossip.

WEST COAST NOTES

PERSONAL. (special to tub fMse.) GREYMOUTH, May 19. i Mr and Mrs W. Farquhar Young, who have been spending a holiday on the West Coast, and visited the South Westland glaciers, returned yesterday to Christchurcb. , Mesdames G. Wormington and Brown, Hokitlka, left yesterday on a holiday visit to Christchurch. Mr G. J. D. Stitt, managing director of the Brunner Collieries, Ltd., aiTived yesterday from Auckland on a visit to the West Coast. j Mrs R. Mackley, who has been visiting Ashburton, returned yesterday. Mr A. A. Adams, who has been attending a meeting of the New Zealand Rugby Union in Wellington, returned yesterday to Greymouth. Mr and Mrs L. Watson, Reefton, left yesterday for Dunedin. Mr and Mrs P. Beck, who have been visiting Christchurch, have returned to Greymouth. Mr W. Ayling, who for 11 yesrs has been in charge of the Prison Department at Greymouth, will retire at the end of the month, and with Mrs Ayling will live in Auckland. He will be succeeded by Mr H. Robinson, of the Paparua prison staff. Messrs G. B. Taylor and E. RoWlandson, of the Shell Oil Company, who have been on a visit to the West Coast, returned yesterday to Wellington. Obituary. The death has occurred at "Westport of Mr Patrick Lee, aged 72. Mr Letwas a native of Kimbaru, County GaJway. and arrived in New Zealand 50 years ago. He was goldmining at Reefton, and later \vt>s c.o&I mining at Denniston. He was later on the staff of the Westoort Harbour Board until ill-health caused him to retire. He is survived by his widow and one daughter. Addison's Flat. Yesterday was the sixty-sixth anni- j versary of the finding of gold at Ad' j disotVs Flat, seven miles from Westport. The find was made in a shaft 30 feet deep by a negro named Addison, after whom the township that followed the lind was named. When gold mining was at its height there was a population of more than 4000. It is worthy of note that the first football mi'.lch in the Buller district Was played at Addison's on March 17. 1869, between Charleston and Addison's, the former winning by two goals to one. The game began at 9 a.m. and finished at 6 p.m. There were three publicans' booths on the ground. Recently, goldmining activity was resumed at Addison's and several promising runs of gold have been located. Fires. i broke out at the residence of Mr G. Allen, Cardvvell street, Cobden, [oil Wednesday afternoon. The (lames ; were quickly extinguished, and the | services of the Cobden Fire Brigade | were not called for. I The residence of Mr Murray Fowler jat Twelve-M'le, on the Greymouth to i Westport road, was destroyed by fire ; yesterday. The residence had only re- ; cently been built. Everything was: lost. Arbitration Court. The Greymouth sittings of the Arbitration Court were concluded yesterI day, The case of Ann Murt.ha 'Mr T. iF. Brosnain v, the King 'Mr F, A. 1 Kitchlngham) was allowed to stand ! over in the meantime, and the case o* i Walter Henry NeamC <Mr Brosnan) V. : Turawhati Sawmills. Ltd. 'Mr C. S, Thomas), claim for compensation, wa:i : settled out of court. Electricity for Totara Flat. The Grey Power Board has decided ito proceed immediately with the -jxI tension of the reticulation of Ikamatua, j including the Totara Flat district, | where there are dairy farms. 1 Farming at Iktttitatiia. | Farmers at Ikamatua report that ow--1 ing to (he continued wot weather their j herds have suffered considerably, uiui the milking season will close at the end of this month. There is ample j pasture for the present, but continued i rains have taken away lis sUcculenct". 1 Rape crops have done Well, despite ( the rain, and tiifhlps have also yielded j good crops. i I'owor Uoarc I The West land Power Hoard met oil Wednesday at Hokitika, Mr Jj A< Murdoch presiding. , , The Minister for Mines notified the position of the Kuniara water-race account, now standing at £5965, and intimated that the company had made application for further postponement of capital and interest. The chair* man moved that the application be supported. The company (Westland Powers, Ltd.) had been responsible for absorbing surplus labour ifi the ndrth--1 ern district, and should be encouraged to continue construction and reticular i tion work. The motion was carried. [ Mr .1. S. Longford, engineer to the (company, who was present, stated that in reconditioning the Dilmanstown | tunnel at a cost of £1530 about 30 men I were engaged. The unemployment in the district had been relieved. The company had spent £OO,OOO In the district. Minliijf Jit Krtmara, The Lawson's Flat claim at Cailaghan's, near Kuitfara. wherj about £BOOO has been spent in developmental works, is expected to commence operations in about a fortnight. A dredging claim in the district is also in hand, and a co-operative mining claim to be worked on the drag-line? and elevator principle. By August it n? expected that 50 men will tiava found employment on these works.