OVER THE AIR

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21258, 1 September 1934, Page 21

OVER THE AIR

ru.v AfcrKi..; About two years ago a bank clerk . in Auckland was standing behind the counter of his bank. It is quite ' pleasant to be a bank clerk. You I nave a revolver stuck conveniently under the counter and you are completely surrounded by notes' and silver and cheques. An!d everyone who comes -into the bank wants as much money as he can get, but you will not let him have any more than he can legitimately claim, and if he starts complaining you murmur something about overdrafts and hard times. And if he looks troublesome, there is always the revolver. Anyway, this Auckland bank clerk was standing behind the counter of his bank. And a gipsy came into the bank, quite a young man, with a dark complexion and looking rather down at heel and with a few days' growth of beard on his chin. This gipsy wanted some money and he had no account with the bank. S 0 he looked the bank clerk between the eyes and started talking to the bank clerk in a soft and rapid voice, and the bank clerk picked up a goodly sum of money and just handed it to the gipsy. And the gipsy went out of . the bank. Later on the bank clerk realised that although his conduct had been admirable from a Christian standpoint, it was nevertheless not in accordance with true banking traditions. The gipsy was arrested, and although he had only ! been in New Zealand a very short j time he had collected by similar i means a fairly large amount of i cash. He was deported to Aus- < tralia. I When the boat reached Australia. they looked lor the gipsy. But he had disappeared. The newshawks were silent on the subject of how exactly be managed to escape, but several passengers had seen him climbing leisurely over the side of the ship as it lay in Sydney Harbour, and he had been rowed away by some small boys. They had not mentioned the fact before, presumably the gipsy had looked at them between the eyes and had spoken to them in a soft and rapid voice., Anyway, someone on the ship had i behaved in a manner not in accord with true shipping traditions, for he did not leave in the company of police officers. i Two or three months after this. the gipsy arrived in Dublin (lie- ] land). He arrived there on November 3 and on November 4 he walked | into a bank where the bank clerk j obligingly handed him £39. In i December, the gipsy was in Card ill' (Wales). He needed some money, so he walked into a restaurant and | there he met a commercial traveller ; called Joseph Thomas. Joseph Thomas had £l6 in his wallet. And this is what Joseph Thomas had to say about the gipsy: "For some reason I fejt my power of resistance had gone. . . 1 gave him a silver coin and Sterio commenced to talk in a strange foreign language. (Australian? . . . Ariel.i It all seemed very far'away to me, and the next thing I remembered was that he asked me to take the notes from my wallet. Again I could not resist. ... I felt I was in the man's power. ... I was in a stupor the whole time, and I have not been right for days." And Sterio was arrested. Detective Berty Bishop informed the court that Sterio was "wanted" in Australia, and that he had been convicted in Liverpool and , West Sussex for similar offence?. So | the stipendiary magistrate sent Sterio to prison for six months. Just about now the gipsy is due to be released. And I believe that just about now a member of the New Zealand broadcasting board is in England looking about for hints and tips on how to improve broadcasting. As a matter of fact, it would have been very much belter had the member seen me before he left for England. But as (his important point was omitted, the best thing to do is to send him a telegram saying: "Bring Sterio back to New Zealand. But mind your wallet." Just visualise the possibilities with the gipsy a member of New Zealand's broadcasting organisation! We must have Sterio on the board. Think what he could do. First, before lie left England for New Zealand he would interview Reith (England's broadcasting dictator) and Beecham (England's musical director). Lie would look at both these men between the eyes, talk to them swiftly and softly, and get them to sign on the dotted line. When they recover from their stupor they would realise that they had contracted to come to New Zealand to reorganise, broadcasting. He would return lo this country via the United States and during his short stay over there he would gaze at Lindbergh, Cecil B. de Mille, Duke Ellington, and John Boles. A few minutes' swift and soft talk to each of these, and they would probably leave by the iirst available boat for Auckland. On arrival in New Zealand the gipsy would then give a 10 minutes talk from each of the main radio stations and ask every householder in the country to take out a wireless license. License figures would then within a few days jump from about 120,000 to 400,000, thus giving a clear income to the Broadcasting Board of somewhere about half a million pounds. This sum would easily pay for the services of Reith and Beecham. It would not, of course, pay for the Americans, but this would be overcome after they had had a short talk with Sterio. Besides, it is not fashionable to pay Americans. And then in a few months the Broadcasting Board would be sufficiently reorganised, and they would lend Sterio to the Treasury Department.

In his capacity as collectorgeneral he would be invaluable to the Treasury in matters of income tax, sales tax, and all other taxes which people object to pay. Just one look between the eyes and a

PROGRAMMES AND COMMENT

few minutes' .-oft and swift tahy, | and the Treasury coffers would be j filled to overflowing. • I do hope that readers will sup- : port me in this admirable proposi- i tion. A telegram addressed to the ] Broadcasting Board, Wellington, j with the words. "We want Sterio." will quite probably do the trick. ■ And as the Broadcasting Board has j announced that its policy is to give ' the public what it wants, the public ' has only to make known its want of: Sterio as chairman of the board, and j within a few months Sterio will be j there. I don't want to anticipate' too far, | but I do hope to get at least an | 0.8. E. out of this. Alter all, if my j brilliant suggestion is carried out j the problem of broadcasting, tax coJ- i lection, socialism, and Douglas credit 1 will be solved. The last two j problems will simply cease to exist, and the present term of Parliament will be extended indefinitely. It's a glorious prospect. But the I scheme must lie carried out care- ; fully. Above all, Australia must not ; get to hear of it. I rely on every- j one who reads this to promise he will not send to-day's copy of "The Press" out of the country. Secrecy j and a telegram addressed to the ; Broadcasting Board are the vital '. factors. And then within a few months j the New Zealand public (with Sterio j as chairman of the Broadcastm* Board) will get exactly what it j wants. Sterio will tell the public j what it wants with a few soft and j swift words, and then he'll give it. j Please remember the telegram. "We want Sterio." Programmes For next week I commend the , following: From Christchurch at ' 7.15 on Monday. Dr. C. E. Beeby. . in a tall;. "Mental Health and In- ; dustrv." The title sounds most unexciting, but I imagine that it will ; prove both amusing and provoca- ( tive. Dr. Beeby does not read from | a manuscript, iie merely sits down | and addresses the microphone as I though it was a dear friend of his, I and when his time is up a member j of the studio staff beckons to him i and he closes. His microphone- i talks are informal and almost con- , Merit ial. Then at !>.20 there is the-charm-ing Beethoven septet in E tlat ] major. I advise everybody to listen ! to this, more especially those who j dislike what they call "highbrow stuff.'' On Tuesday from Wellington at 8 15 there is "the chance of hearing that brilliant young pianist Noel Newson. He is playing bread and butter music with plenty of jam on it—Moment Musical of Schubert. a Chopin study, and the clear old Rachmaninoff prelude in G sharp minor. From Wellington on lhursdav at 8 o'clock there is a Mozart aumtet in G major, and from Christchurch at DM Mr Leicester Webb may be heard in his .series "World Affairs. ' Friday, at 8.11. from Wellington we get Cortot in the Chopin fantasie in F minor, and from Dunedin a programme of chamber music. This list may seem stickily solid, but it anybody wants anything hugelv amusing I recommend the recorded series on popular superstitions. These arc performed by extraordinarily American people and are meant to be taken seriously, but actually speaking are of the Maria Martin and the Red Barn type of drama. 1 heard one last night. "Lucky" Saunders, a hick-town gambler had a wife and a sweet little chee-ild. Lucky's wife deserted him, taking the chee-ild. Lucky went to the dogs with his marked pack of cards, haunted saloon bars, and drank and gambled. But always he looked for his dear little child. Then one night there was a fearful blizzard. And in the blizzard "Lucky" Saunders was going to be kicked out of the town by the sherriff. But at the very instant the "boys" were going to turn him out to die news came that little Timmy was missing in the blizzard. And little Timmv was his long-lost child. Lucky Saunders shrugged his shoulders and went out into the howling storm. Half a disc later he returns with his little Timmy. The child is safe. Saunders dies. And the moral of that is—A Rolling Stone is Worth Two m the Bush, or—No News is Good News. But it is a good series of recordings. Please don't miss the next.

BROADCASTING TO-DAY'S PROGRAMMES ::va, cimisiciiL'KCH '720 Kilocycles) 7.0 to ii.-'llt nil!.: Breakfast session. 10.0: Devotional service. 10.15: Selected recording. '-! noon: Lunch music. 1.1") p.m.: Relay from Lancaster Park, running commentary of Hockey match. Australia v. Canterbury. 2.45: Relay from Lancaster Park of Rugby football match. Nelson v. Canterbury. 5.0: Children':; hour, conducted by Ricldleman. (j.O: Dinner music. 7.0: News and reports. 8.0: Chimes. 3Y A Orchestra i conductor. Mr Harold Beck'. "Second to None" march 'Humoi; "Rakoczy" overture (Kola Bela.i. i!. 15: Recording. Lions Quartet of Seattle, "O Dera Golden Slippers": "Vere is Mein LottieDog Gone'.''' ti."l: Two trumpets and orchestra. Herbert and F. A. Fox. with 3YA orchestra. "Friendly Rivals" <Godfrev>. 8.25: Mr .lock Lockhart. in Bunkum Ballads, "I'll Be Seeing Ya" ' Westoni. U.IJO: Recordm;:, Patricia Rossborou:4h (piano*. "Good-night. Vienna" selection (Posford); "Trees" (Rasbacli). 0.:;G: Miss Lottie Colville (soprano) in popular »onys, "Codec in the Morning'' (Warren); "Keep Romance Alive" (Ruby). 8.-!'.'.: Record in l;, Xylophone Orchestra. "The Cheeky Sparrows" <Lohn: "The Knight on the Hobby Horse" i Evans i. U. 48: Mr Jock Lockhart. in more Bunkum Ballads. "Dirty Days Hath September" (Wilcock). 15.54: Recording, The London Novelty Orchestra. "My Lady Dainty" intermezzo (Hesse); "The Mosquitoes' Parade" (Whitneyi..9.o: Weather forecast, and station notices. U.H: Talk. Mr J. E. Strachan. M.A.. B.Sc, "The Attributes Essential to Success in Life." V.'2Q: 3YA Orchestra, rlrythmic paraphru.se. "Pale Moon" (Logan;. 'J.'S.i: Mr and Mrs ,1. W. Bailey 'entertainers', a play in one act. "Such a Lord is Love" (Evelyn.'. 9.43: Miss Lottie Colville (soprano) in popular sonys, "Song of Surrender" 'Warren l ; "A Thousand Good Nights" (Donaldson). 9.50: 3YA Orchestra, "Tales from the Vienna Woods" valse (Strauss). 10.0: Sports summary. 10.10: Dance music. 10.10: Dance 'music. Alternative programme, 3YL, 1200 kilocycles. 12 noon: Relay of New Brighton Trotting Club's Spring Meeting. 5.0: Light musical programme. 7.0: After-dinner programme. SO; Alternative concert programme.

2TA, WELLINGTON (570 Kilocycles) 7.0 to 8.30 a.m.: Breakfast session. 10.0: Chimes. Selected recordings. 10.30: Devotional service. 11.15: Talk prepared by the Home Science Extension Service Department of Otago I University. 12 noon: Lunch music. 2 j p.m.: Light musical programme. 3.0: i Relay from Athletic Park of Rugby i football match. Announcer: Mr. Chas. ! Larnberg. 4.45 <aprox.>: Selected re- ! cordings. 5.0: Children's hour, con- ! ducted by Uncle Jasper. 6.0: Dinner ! music. 7.0: News and reports. 7.40: i W.E.A. session, Professor W. H. Gould, : "Aspects of Child Mind: 1. The Emo- ; tions." 3.0: Relay from the Town Hall ' of final demonstration concert of the ! Wellington Competitions Society Festi- ! val. 10.0: Sporting summary. 10.10: | Dance programme. Alternative pro- ; gramme. 2YC. 810 kilocycles. 3.0 to i 4.30 p.m.: Selected recordings. 5.0: i Light musical programme. 7.0: AfterI dinner music. 8.0: Alternative conI cert programme. DAVENTRY, ENGLAND j Two of the following wave-lengths' | will be used simultaneously, but the , wave-lengths may be changed during each day's transmissions, frequent an- ; nouncemeuts being made: —GSF, 19.82 I metres; GSE. 25.28 metres, or GSD, 125.53 metres: GSC. 31.30 metres, or ! GSB, 31.55 metres: GSA, 49.59 metres; iGSH, 13.97 metres; GSG. 16.86 metres. ! Time given is Greenwich mean time, ,5.15 a.m.: Time Signal from Big Ben. i Syncopated pianist. 5.45: "The North |of Ireland To-day," a talk. 6.0: Dance • music, a programme of gramophone ' records. Time signal from Greenwich at 6.15. 6.30: Hughie Green and his Gang. 7.0-7.15: News Bulletin. 11.0: Time Signal from Big Ben. The Northern Studio Orchestra, directed by John Bridge, from a Manchester studio. 12.0 noon: Time Signal from GreenI wich. Tho Commodore Grand Orchesj tra. directed by Joseph Muscant, rej layed from the Commodore Theatre, Hammersmith. London. 1.0-1.30 p.m.: | Dance music, a programme of gramo- : phone records. CO: Time signal from ! Big Ben. News bulletin. C.15: St. : Dennis Silver Band. Jack Coilings. 7.0: Time Signal from Greenwich. Variety ,' programme. 7.30: Ulster T.T. Race. j Time signal from Greenwich at 8 p.m. | 8.15: An organ recital by Marcel Dupre from the Concert Hall, Broadcasting ; House, London. 8.45: An orchestral j concert. 9.0: Soft lights and sweet j music. 9.20: An orchestral concert. [9.30: Dance music. 10.15-10.30: New I Bulletin. SUNDAY 3VA, CHRISTCHURCH 9.0: Selected recordings. 11.0: Re- ; lay of morning service from St. Saviours Anglican Church. Preacher: Rev. ! H. A. Childs, M.A. Organist, and ChoirI master: Mr Cecil H. Hoskin. 1.0 p.m.: Dinner music. 2.0: Selected recordings. 2.45: Talk. Dr. Markham Lee. j M.A.. "Tsehaikowsky." 3.0: Selected j recordings. 5.30: Children's song ser- ' vice, conducted by children of the ' Methodist Sunday Schools. 6.30: Re- , lay of evening service from East Belt ! Methodist Church. Preacher: Rev. Edward Drake. Organist: Mr A. M. Owen. i Choirmaster: Mr J. Chaplin. 0.15: Sei lected recordings. 8.30: Recorded presi ontation of Puccini's Grand Opera in I Three Acts. "La Tosca." The cast: i Florin Tosca <u celebrated Singer) | (soprano)— Carmen Metis. Mario Cavaradossi <her Tenor Lover, a Painter) ■ —Piero Pauli. Baron Scarpia 'Chief of Police) < baritone;--Apollo Granforte. i Cesare Angelotti (a Prisoner) 'bass) ' Giovanni Azzimonti The Sacristan I ibaritone) Antonio Gelli Spoletta (a I Police Agent.) (tenor) Nello Palai Sciarrone (a Gendarme) Giovanni Azzimonti. Members of the Chorus and '. Orchestra of La Scala. Milan. Alternative programme. 3YL, 1200 kilo- ' r-vcles. 6.0 p.m.: Musical programme. ! s!30: Alternative concert programme. ::VA, WELLINGTON ! 9.0 a.m.: Chimes. Selected recordings. 11.0: Relay of service from the I Terrace Congregational Church. : Preacher: Rev. H. W. Ncv.ell. Organ--1 ist and Choirmaster: Mr Harry i Druscv. 1.0 p.m.: Dinner music. 2.0: ! Selected recordings. 6.0: Children's | song service conducted by Uncle I William. 7.0: Relay of evening service from Church of Christ, Wellington South. Preacher: Mr Geo. M. Mathicson. Organist: Miss Eunice Inkerscll. 8.15 (r.pprox.): Selected recordings. 3.30: Henry Merekel and Orchestra of the Concerts Pasdeloup, conductor, Picrc Coppola, "Symphonic Espagnolc" for violin and orchestra, first movement, Allegro non troppo; second movement, Scherzando intermezzo; third movement, Andante; '■ fourth movement. Rondo <Lola>. 9.0: | Weather report and station notices. |9.2: Miss O'Malley < contralto), and Miss | Luciano 'soprano), song recital. 9.14: i Violin recital by Gregory Ivanoff, ! eminent Russian violinist, "Canzonetta from Concerto" (Tschaikowsky); "Sunset" (Ivanoff): "Chanson Meditation" (Cottenet); "Lavita Breva' (De Falla-Kreisler). 9.30: Recording, Paul Whiteman and his Concert Orchestra. "Grand Canvon Suite": Sunrise: i Painted Desert: On the Trail: Sunsc; Cloudburst (Grofe). Alternative proUrammc. 2YC. 840 kilocycles. 6.0 to 830 p.m.: Selected recordings. 8.30. 'Alternative concert programme. DAVENTRY. ENGLAND Two of the followng wave-lengths i will be used simultaneously, but the I wavc-Jcnjjths may be changed during each day's transmissions, frequent an- ! nouncemeuts being made:—GSF, 19.82 j metres; GSE, 25.28 metres, or GSD, 1 25.53 metres; GSC, 31.30 metres, or kiSB. 31.55 metres; GSA, 49.59 metres; GSH, 13.97 metres; GSG, 16.86 metres. | Time given is Greenwich mean time. 0.15 a.m.: Tinvj signal from Big i Ben. Ulster T.T. race. 7.0: A pro- ! gramme of gramophone records. 7.1 a: j'i'ime signal from Greenwich. A service from Felixstowe Congregational Church. 8.0-3.15: A summary of the i week's news. 11.30: Time signal from ' Big Ben. A band concert. (Time sig- ! nai from Greenwich at noon.) 12.30 j p.m.: Medvcdefl's Balalaika orchestra; | Olga Alexccva (soprano). 1.0-1.30: I A programme of gramophone records. I ii.o: Tunc signal from Big Ben. A talir. !by Winefridc Wrench. 6.15: '/he | Gershom Parkington Quintet. 6.5 a: | A religious service, relayed from Wcs- | ley's Chspcl, City roaa, London. (Time i signal from Geenwich at 7.0.) 7.45: i A summary of the week's news. 3.0: | Time signal from Greenwich: an inI terlude. 8.5: The Grand Hotel. Eastj bourne, orchestra. 9.30-9.40: Epiiogue.

BANKS PENINSULA CRUISING CLUB

SUCCESSFUL RACING SEASON A season of interesting racing is recorded in the annual report of the Banks Peninsula Cruising Club. Racing was again the chief activity of the club, six events in the championship series and two special events beintJ held. The weather was again unfavourable, several races being marred by light winds, but none had to be abandoned through rough weather, as was the case in the previous season. It was unfortunate, the report says, that the first of the annual races to Akaroa for the valuable trophy given by the club's patron, Rear-Admiral F. Burges Watson, had to be held in weather as heavy as any that might be expected; congratulations are extended to Marangi's owner, Mr T. T. Gough, and crew on finishing alone and winning the trophv. The Sladen cup, awarded on the first of two races from LyHelton to Pigeon Bay and back, and also a miniature cup given by Mr D. Meyers <cr a race to Sumner and bacK, were won by Waimana (T. R. Harkess). Power boating, as in the previous season, suffered because of the difficult times, and the Nicholson cup was awarded in one race only. It was won by Patari (O. H. Barns), in a close finish from Alacrity 'W. H. Downer) and Pacific (L. A. Curtis), in a race to Sumner. , A special general meeting approved of a proposal to establish headquarters for the club in the Pioneer Sports Club's building. The club has 80 member, including 10 women, an increase of 18 over the previous season. The belance-sheet shows a credit of £3 10s lid. There is a large balance of assets over liabilities.