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TO-DAY’S PROGRAMMES 3YA, CHRISTCHURCH (720 Kilocycles) 7.30 p.m.: “Sunset Serenade,” featuring Clarence B. Hall (organist) and Thomas E. West (tenor). 7.45: What the American commentators say. 8.0: “Krazy Kapers." 8.27: Starlight. 8.42: “He Came by Night": a thriller. 8.58: Station notices. 9.0: Newsreel and commentary. 9.25. Intermission. 10.0: Sports results. 10.15: Harry Parry and his Sextet. 10.45: Dance music. 3YL, CHRISTCHURCH (1200 Kilocycles) 8.0 p.m.; Music by Australian composers. 9.1: Grand Orchestra Philharmonic of Paris. 10.2: Light and bright. IYA, AUCKLAND (650 Kilocycles) 7.30 p.m.: Henri Temianka and his Chamber Orchestra. 8,0 The choir of the Auckland Choral Society. 8.30: Ida Haendel (violin). 8.38: Lois Manning (piano). 8.50: Peter Dawson (bass-baritone). 9.25: “Life is Nothing Without Music.” 10.0: Sports summary. 10.10; Masters in lighter mood. 2YA, WELLINGTON (570 Kilocycles) 7.30 p.m.: Marghcrita Zelanda , (New Zealand prima donna). 8.0: "Itma.” 8.30: "Sociable Songs.” 8.50: Geraldo and Sidney Bright on two pianos. 9.40: Makebelieve Ballroom Time. 10.0: Sports results. 10.10: Jay Wilbur and-his Orches4YA, DUNEDIN (78© Kilocycles) 730 p.m.: Rosario Bourdon Symphony. 7.34: Russell H. Stewart (baritone). 8.0: Pied Hartley and his Music. 8.26; Joah Buckley (mezzo-contralto). 8.35: Victor Young and his Concert Orchestra. 8.44; Richard Tauber (tenor). . 8.50: Arthur Fiedler and Boston Promenade Orchestra. 9.25: An old-time dance programme.

SUNDAY

3YA, CHRISTCHURCH • 110 a.m.;- Anglican. Service: St. Matthew’s Church (Rev. W,E. D. Davies). 7:0 p.m.: Homan Catholic Service; Cathedral of the; Most Blessed Sacrament (Rev. Father J. Galvin). 8.5: Hagen Holenbergh (pianist). 8.27: Nancy Sherris (contralto). 8.38: Philharmonic Orchestra. 8.45: Sunday evening talk. 9.0; Newsreel and commentary. 9.22: Boston Symphony Orchestra. 9.34: Gordon Wilson (bass). 9.46: New London String Ensemble. 3YL. CHRISTCHURCH 7.45 p.m.: Music by Mozart. 6.15: ‘ The Bells": poem by Edgar Allan Poe. 8.19: Interlude. 8.30: Voices in Harmony. 9.1: Record Album: Something for Everyone. 9.30: "Show Time.” JYA, AUCKLAND 8.15 p.m.; Music from the Theatre; “Manon,” by., Massenet. 2YA, WELLINGTON 8.5 p.m.: N.B.S. Light Orchestra. 9.50: "The Queer Affair at Kettering": a Max Afford thriller. » 4YA, DUNEDIN 8 0 p.m.: Prisca Quartet. 8.28: Adolf Busch (violin) and Rudolph Serkln (piano). 9,22: Anthony Pmi (cello) and Pro Arte Quartet.

propagating with great success at Ruatitl. It is hoped later on, as,. the breed or species'establishes itself, to distribute further turfs to club members who have reason to believe their. ground is worm deficient, or perhaps inhabited by worms of an Inferior kind. .. . ■ This Montgomerie worm, according to Professor Benham, is not indigenous to New Zealand, but has been Introduced, probably In the roots of Imported shrubs and trees. Actually It comes from Rumania. blit has a fairly wide spread outside that country, and is partly identl.fiable by its small size—up to one and a half inches—and is extremely prolific. The native earthworm, working under the original conditions of the earth covering before the advent of the White man, has apparently in many cases-disappeared. . The complete metamorphosis to rich pasture land achieved by Mr Montgom-. Erie on‘a Very poorly grassed, low fertility sheep farm, originally In bush, solely by, the introduction of this new breed of earthworm taken from his fertile down country farm at Kakatahi, and gradually established in colonies over a period of about six years, has attracted great Interest. From his recorded experiences one may easily visualise a completely new technique in winning back fertility to soils, that appear povertystricken and hopeless. • The falsity of the dictum that "worms are just worms” may be illustrated by suggesting if “sheep were Just sheep” and merinos had stocked the wet West Coast and Romneys the semi-arid highlands of Central Otago, by to-day neither would be surviving. It may well be that, in changing the age-old charactertistics of the soil by clearing, digging, draining, liming, etc., we have forgotten to change the worm life with it. Admittedly speculative, yet it might be, to the compost enthusiast on the more Intractable type of soil, a possible’means to get more out of his or her compost heap with soil plus an efficient and hard-working worm population Ilian Is possible without it.