RADIO NOTES

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 95, 16 January 1935, Page 6

RADIO NOTES

F. J. Perry to Speak on N.Z. Tennis Championships FRANK HUTCHENS RECITAL ■ Z (By “Ether.”) It is stated that arrangements have been made for Mr. F. J. Perry, the tennis player, to "color” the New Zealand championships. Two talks will Be given by Mr. Perry. The first will be from station IYA at the end of the month. A further talk will be given later on to all stations. The trouble about expert tennis players is that they so very rarely come down to earth. While the lesser lights of tennis may admire their play, they m their turn never seem able to understand the difficulties under which the lessorlights “enjoy” their own personal tennis. It is perhaps only too true that the lesser •lights like tennis talks about themselves ns much. fl'Si the crac’k players seem to t.clight to talk about themselves. Perhaps Mr. Perry will make a new departure m tennis talks and give the groundlings thengroundsel. The Davis Cup, for instance, occupies practically no part in the tennis horizon of the average player. More Power. If all goes well it has been- planned to increase the power of 3YA. from April next. This station at present is transmitting on. kilowatts. It cap be heard clearly in Wellington. In fact it is a local station. Needless to say it can be heard well in Christchueh. When, the power is turned up to 10 kilowatts as intended Wellington will have a station if not as local as 2YA yet nearly as loi.'al as the old 2ZW. A power of 10 kilowatts in the aerial is a very respectable amount. Some idea of this may be obtained from listening to the new Auckland station. So far this season has not transmitted on the full 10 kilowatts, but, it is understood, it will do so shortly. Considerably less than half power was used at first and only on a few occasions has the power been increased to three-quarters of the lull

rating. Coming Events. ' New Zealanders will be interested io know that Mr. Prank Hutchens, the wellknown New Zealand pianist and professor of music at the Sydney Conservatoriuni, will be heard from 2YA on »Sunday, January 20 at 8.30 p.m., from IYA on Wednesday, January 23, at 8.26 p.m., and from the same station on Thursday, January -24 at 9.20 p.m. Prom station 2YA on Thursday, January 24 there will be broadcast two dramatic sketches entitled “The Surgeon and the Burglar and “The Thief.” These sketches will be presented by Victor S. Lloyd and Company at 9.25 p.m. and 9.44 p.m. Listeners who were interested in the legal series entitled “We Await Your Verdict” will be interested to know that a new series has been arranged. The first of the series will be heard, simultaneously from all_the main .stations on Friday, January 25 at 9.30 p.m. The trouble this time arises from a friendly game of poker at the house of Mrs. Jane Maderson at which was present a certain Mrs. Emma Templing. Music Recital. Those who were fortunate enough to tune in to the all too short period *n which Mr. Frank Hutchens gave us excerpts from his own compositions, ami Other composers, have probably made a mental note to tune in again. _ Mr. Hutchens is all the more interesting _ to New Zealand listeners because he is himself a New Zealander. Under the curious self-denial system in which we labour one must cross to Sydney to hear this New Zealand musician, except when lie comes to us. Thanks to radio he came into many homes recently. His performance was outstandingly, good. The original compositions were in a class by themselves. One was moreover intrigued by the modest manner in which he explained the train of thoughts that had given rise to each exquisite little piece. If Mr. Hutchens must earn his living elsewhere than New Zealand, let us hope y that we shall hear more of his music. It is perhaps some little satisfaction to add that he will be the air again on Thursday from 2YA and later on from IYA. Round the Empire. Regarding that Christmas Empire broadcast several readers have asked for a comparative list of what the various Dominions did select. Here then is the list: — Australia. —A railway fettler on the trans-Continental Railway. An attendant at the Melbourne Botanical Gardens. A drover in north-west Queensland. A toll keeper at Sydney Harbour Bridge. A life-saver on one of the. New South Wales surf beaches at Bondi. A wheat farmer in , South Australia. A fisherman from Hobart, Tasmania. Southern Rhodesia.—A speaker from Salisbury and native music. India. —A tea planter in Southern India. An Indian Army Officer in the Khyber Pass. New Zealand.—A whaling fisherman and a dairy farmer. South Africa. —Natives in a South African compound giving a loyal salute. A speaker on a Johannesburg skyscraper. Canada.—A fisherman in the maritime provinces. Speakers in a Quebec lumber camp and a sawmill in British Columbia. A children’s skating party in Western Canada and a hockey match in Eastern Canada. Irish Free State. —An operator at the power station on the River Shannon. Men of Aran.