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TO-DAY'S PROGRAMMES 3YA, CHRISTCHLRCH 1720 Kilocycles) 7.0 to 8.30 a.m.: Breakfast session. 10.0: Devotional service. 10.15: Selected recordings. 12 noon: Lunch music. 2 p.m.: Selected recordings. 2.30: Talk, prepared by the Home Science Extension Service of Otago University. 3.0: Classical music. 4.0: Light musical programme. 4.30: Special weather forecast for farmers and special frost forecast for South Island fruit growers. 5.0: Children's hour, conducted by Aunts and Uncles. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News and reports. 8.0: Chimes. Recording, Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards, "The New Colonial March" (Hall); "Poet and Peasant" Overture (Suppe). 8.12: Mr Claude O'Hagan, bass-baritone, "That Tumble-Down Shack in Athlone" (Sander); "When My Ships Come Sailing Home" (Dorel). 8.18: Recording, Band of H.M. Royal Air Force, "A Country Girl" Selection (Monckton). 8.26: Recordings: Sandy Powell, comedian, "Sandy's Christmas Eve"; "The Carol Singers"; "Sandy as Santa Claus." 8.32: St. Hilda Professional Band, "Jamie's Patrol"; "Paddy's Patrol" (Dacre). 8.35: Cecily Court - neidge (comedienne), "There's Something About a Soldier" (Gay). 8.38: Recording, Creswell Colliery, the Wood Green Excelsior. Edmonton Silver and Camberwell Silver Bands. "Military Church Parade" (.Ord Hume). 8.44: Mr Claude O'Hagan, bass-baritone. "The Floral Dance" (Moss). 8.49: Recordings, Massed Bands of Leicester Brass Band Festival, "Once Upon a Time" (arr. Stoddon). National Military Band, "The Bells of St. Malo" (Rimmer). 9.0: Weather forecast and station notices. 9.3: Recording, Jack Payne and his Band, "On with the Show." 9.9: Mr Jock Lockhart (comedian), Christmas Scandals, including "Waiting for the Kettle to Boil" (Hargreaves). 9.14: Billy Whitlock (xylophone), "Helter Skelter" (Whitlock). 9.17: Philip Wynne-Yorke (baritone), "Tally Ho" (Leoni); "Call of the Rockies" (Moret). 9.23: Agnes Shearsby (piano novelties), "A Bag of Old Rags" (arr. Shearsby). 9.31: Recording, Richard Crooks (tenor), "Tell Me To-night" (Spoliansky). 9.34: Recording, The Six Nite Lights, instrumental, "Dancing Goblin" (Collins). 9.37: Jock Lockhart (comedian), "Christmas Greetin'" including "The Girl Who Thought" (.Long). 9.43: Agnes Shearsby (piano), "Medley of Latest Hits" (arr. Shearsby). 9.51: Philip Wynne-Yorke (baritone), "Brittany" (Bullock); "Sylvia" (Speaks); "Knight of Bethlehem" (Thomson). 9.57: Recording, New Mayfair Novelty Orchestra, "Jollification" (Reeves). 10.0: Theme programme, "The Music of Home" (narrator. Dr. Robinson E. Hall). 11.0: Dance music. 11.40: Christmas recordings. 12.0: Cathedral Bells. 12.2: Devotional: Very Rev. Dean Julius. Alternative programme, 3YL, 1200 kilocycles. 5.0: Light musical programme. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Programme of miscellaneous recordings. 9.0: Recital hour, featuring John Brownlee (baritone), Arthur de Greef (piano), Rosa Ponselle (soprano), and the Philadephia Symphony Orchestra. 2YA, WELLINGTON (570 Kilocycles) 7.0 to 8.30 a.m.: Breakfast session. 10.0: Chimes. Selected recordings. 10.30: Devotional service. 11.0: Relay from Basin Reserve of resume of Plunket Shield cricket. Otago versus Wellington. Resumes during the day at the following times: 11.50 a.m., 12.50 p.m., 2.0, 3.0 3.35, 4.14, 5.50. 11.30: Talk, j "Helpful Advice for the Home" 12 noon: Lunch music. 2 p.m.: | Classical hour. 3.0: Sports results.

Talk, prepared by the Home Science Extension Service of Otago University. Light musical programme. 3.30: Special weather forecast for farmers and special frost forecast for South Island fruit growers. 4.0: Sports results. 4.30: Special weather and frost forecasts. 5.0: Children's hour, conducted by Andy Man. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0: News and reports. Special Wellington weather forecast. 8.0: Chimes. A Theme programme. "The Legend of the Bells." Narrator, Mr Wynyard Cobby. 8.40: Lecturette, Mr Robert Parker, C.M.G., "Christmas Carols." 9.0: Weather report and station notices; special Wellington weather forecast. 9.4: "Vocal Harmonists" Male Quartet. 9.19: The Bohemians' Light Orchestra, "Swing Me Up Higher" (A Fair Ground Fantasy) (Mackeben). 9.21: "The Great Mogul." One of a series of dramas about famous diamonds. 9.36: The Bohemians' Light Orchestra, "A Day in Tyrol" (Romer). 9.39: "Music At Your Fireside," featuring, "Spirate pur Spirate." "Cttanson Triste." etc. 9.35: Herman Finck and his Orchestra, with chorus, "Christmas Memories" (A Dream Phantasy) (arr. Finck). Special weather forecast for mountaineers. 10.0: Presentation of special 8.8.C. programme, "Playing the Game." A farcical extravaganza by L. du Garde Peach. Music by Geo. Barker. Produced by Charles Brewer. Cast: Bertram Dench, Bobbie Comber; Bruce Anderson, Lawrence Baskcomb, C. Denier Warren, Ernest Sefton, John Rorke. The 8.8.C. Male Chorus and Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Stanford Robinson. 10.50: Bransby Williams and Company (descriptive sketch), "A Charles Dickens' Christmas" (Weston-Lee). 10.58: Three foxtrots: The Midnight Minstrels, "Jingle Bells" (Pierpont); Bob Miller and his Orchestra, "Them Good Old Times" (Miller): The Midnight Revellers, "Drink Up, and Have Another One" (Stanley). 11.7: The 8.8.C. Wireless Chorus, with orchestra, conducted by Joseph Lewis, "The Dear Old Home Songs." 11.15: Three old-time dances: Gil Dech and his Syncopators, "Dance of the Honeybees" (Schottische) (Richmond); Cec. Morrison and his A.B.C. Dance Band, "Dreaming" (Valeta) (Joyce); "Maxina" (Round Dance) (Hurndall). 11.25: Leslie Sarony (comedian). "It's Jolly Old Christmas" (Sarony). 11.31: John Henry (humorous sketch), "John Henry's Christmas Eve" (Henry). 11.37: The Salvation Army Wimbledon Songsters with Band of S.A. Supplies Department (conductor, A. W. Foot), "Favourite Carols" (Trdtl.). 11.43: A Descriptive Scena, "Christmas Carols Bring Us Memories" (Wallace). 11.46: Westminster Singers, with Essie Ackland (soloist), Herbert] Dawson (organist), Alan Howland i (narrator), "A Dream of Christmas"! (Ketelbey). 11.54: "Christmas Greet-! ings." 11.58: Relay of Midnight Mass j from St. . Gerard's Redemptorist Church, Hawker street. Choirmaster, Mr Frank J. Oakes. Organist, Mr Henry Mount. Alternative programme, 2YC, 840 kilocycles. 5.0: Light musical programme. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: "Dancing Through Europe," an hour of characteristic vocal, instrumental and orchestral dances. 9.0: An hour of modern opera, selected from 20th Century produc- ; tions. I TUESDAY 3YA, CHRISTCHLRCH (720 Kilocycles) 9 a.m.: Selected recordings. 10.0: Devotional service. 10.30: Selected recordings. 1 p.m.: Dinner music. 2.0: Selected recordings. 3.0: Classical music. Progress reports of Plunket Shield cricket at intervals Canterbury v. Auckland. 4.0: Selected recordings. 5.0: Children's Christmas song service. 6.0: Selected recordings. 7.0: Review oi to-day's play in the . &

Plunket Shield cricket match, Canterbury v. Auckland. 7.15: Selected recordings. 7.30: Relay of carol service from the Christchurch Anglican Cathedral. 8.30: Recording, Sir Thomas Beecham and Orchestra, "The Messiah" Overture (Handel). 8.3.6: Mrs Tristram Willcox, contralto, "Coventry Carol" (Stainer); "Just for Today" (Seaver). 8.42: Recording, Albert W. Ketelbey's Concert Orchestra, "Sanctuary of the Heart" (Ketelbey). 8.50: J. Alexander Browne (baritone), "The Lord is My Light" (Harrhy); "The Victorious Dead" (Harrhy). 9.0: Weather forecast and station notices. 9.3: Recordings, Royal Opera Orchestra, "A Noel Fantasy from 'A Carol Symphony'" (Hutchinson). 9.11: Bransby Williams and Company, descriptive sketch, "A Charles Dickens Christmas" (Lee). 9.20: Recording, Cedric Sharpe Sextet, instrumental, "Christmas Phantasy" (arr. Virgo). 9.27: Mrs Tristram Willcox, contralto, "The Holy City" (Adams). 9.33: Recording, Irene Scharrer, piano, "Gavotte" (Boyce); "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" (Bach). 9.39: J. Alexander Browne (baritone), "The Garden of Sleep" (I. De Lara); "Brian of Glenaar" (I. De Lara). 9.49: Recording, Albert Ketelbey's Concert Orchestra, with organ, soloist, and full chorus, "A Dream of Christmas" (Ketelbey). 9.57: Recording, Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra, "Silent Night, Holy Night." 10.0: Epilogue, and close down. 1.45: Rebroadcast from the British Broadcasting Corporation's Empire Station of the actual Empire Christmas programme, in which New Zealand will provide three contributions; with the speech by his Majesty the King terminating the programme. His Majesty's speech at 3 a.m. Alternative Programme. 3YL, 1200 kilocycles. 5.0: Selected recordings. 7.0: Afterdinner music. 8.0: Miscellaneous classical programme, featuring, at 8.15 p.m., Beethoven's Quartet No. 20 in E Flat Major, Op. 74, recorded by the Capet String Quartet, of Paris. 2YA, WELLINGTON I (570 Kilocycles) 9 a.m.: Chimes. Selected recordings. 10.30: Devotional service. 1 p.m.: Dinner music. 2.0: Selected recordings. Relay from Basin Reserve of resume of Plunket Shield cricket, Otago v. Wellington. Note:—Resumes during the day at the following times: 2.10 3.0, 3.55. 4.10, 4.50, 5.50. 5.0: Children's song service, conducted bv Uncle William. 6.0: Selected recordings. 7.0: Special Wellington weather forecast, repeated at 9.0 and 10.30. Selected recordings: Royal Choral Society (choral with organ). "Bethlehem" (Gounod): "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" (arr. Sullivan). 7.6: The London Palladium Orchestra. "Valse Memories" (arr. Worch). 7.14: The Celestial Harmony Singers with orchestra and organ. 'The Lost Chord" (Sullivan); "The Holy City" (Adams). 7.20: Berlin State Opera House Orchestra (conductor, Dr. Weissmann), "Christinas Concerto," No. 8: Ist movement: Vivace—Grave—Allegro; 2nd movement: Adagio—AllegroAdagio; 3rd movement: Vivace— Allegro; 4th movement: Pastorale— Largo (.Correlli). 7.36: Boys of St. Mary of the Angels' School, with organ accompaniment, by A. T. Batts. "Once in Royal David"s City" i i Alexander). 7.40: Wilhelm Backhaus ; (pianoforte solo), Intermezzo in E jFlat Minor, Op. 118. No. 6; Inter- ! mezzo in F Minor, Op. 118, No. 4: i "Romance" in F. Op. 118, No. 5 (Brahms). 7.48: Bransby Williams (dramatic recital), "Scrooge"; "Before the Dream"; "The Dream"; "The Awakening" (Dickens). 8.0: Chimes. 2YA Concert Orchestra (conductor, Mr Leon de Mauny), "Christmas" Overture (Coleridge-Taylor). Cornet i solo— Mr S. Bernard, with orchestra. "Alia Stella Confidente" (Robaudi). 8.15: Madame Goossens-Viceroy (famous Belgian dramatic soprano, witli orchestral accompaniment), "Seioic*

Greatly" ("The Messiah"): "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth" (Handel). 8.25: 2YA Concert Orchestra, "The Merchant of Venice" Suite: (1) First prelude; (2) Intermezzo, "Portia": (3) "Oriental" March; (4) Second prelude; (5) "Doge's" March (Rosse). 8.40: John McCormack (tenor), violin obligato, played by Fritz Kreisler, "Softly Through the Night Is Calling" (Schubert); "Ave Maria" (Mascagni). 8.46: Master Yehudi Menuhin (violinist), pianoforte accompaniment played by Hubert Giesen, "Campanella" (Paganini); "Tzar's Bride"—Song of the Bride (Rimsky-Korsakov); Danse Espagnole" (ed Falla-Kreisler). 9.0: Weather report and station notices. 9.5: Raymond Beatty (basso cantante) with piano, "The Song of the Clock" (Burchell); with violin and piano, "Deep River" (arr. Burleigh); with orchestra, "The Holy City" (Adams). 9.15: 2YA Concert Orchestra, "Second Peer Gynt" Suite: (1) Abduction of the Bride; (2) Arabian Dance; (3) Peer Gynt's Homecoming; (4) Solvieg's Song (Grieg). 9.30: Madame Goossens-Vice-roy, "Se Tu M'ami" (Porgolesi): "La Girometta" (Sibella); "Amore, Amor" (Tirendelli). With organ and violin obligato. "Ave Maria" (Mascheroni). 9.42: Pablo Casals ('cello), piano accompaniment played by Nicolai Mednikoff, "Musette" (Bach-Pollain); "Mazurka," Op. 11, No. 3 (Popper). 9.48: Raymond Beatty (basso), with orchestra, Recit, "Thus Saith the Lord"; Air, "But Who May Abide" ("Messiah") (Handel); "Nazareth" (Gounod). 10.0: 2YA Concert Orchestra, ' "Entry of the Boyards" March (Halvorsen). 10.0: Epilogue. Alternative programme, 2YC, 840 kilocycles. 6.0 to 8.0 p.m.: Light musical programme. 8.0: An hour with De Groot and his Orchestra. 9.0: Twenty minutes with the Maoris. 9.20: Nicolai's famous opera. "The Merry Wives of Windsor" (.Abridged).