COMING TALKS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 133, 8 June 1939, Page 23

COMING TALKS

RECEPTION TO ARCHBISHOP

O'SHEA

A reception is being given to his Grace Archbishop O'Shea after his return from abroad. This reception, in the Town Hall, will be rebroadcast by 2YA at 9.20 p.m. on Tuesday evening next. It is expected that the Archbishop will make an important statement about the Catholic Church's part in the Centennial. An ode written by Miss Eileen Duggan and composed by Mr. Alfred Hill will be sung by the Congress Choir.

The first group of the winter course talks at 2YA closed this week, when Mr. F. W. Saxton gave some information to "Everyman" about chemistry as a career. Next Monday a new group will begin on the same lines, with history as its subject. "Everyman" will question experts on history. In the first talk Professor F. L. W. Wood, Professor of History at Victoria University College, will be questioned on..".What.is,the Gobd^,HistQr.y ar .lor, New Zealanders?" and the discussion will, pass on to a consideration of the achievements of leading figures in our early annals. Professor Wood will discuss the achievements of Cook, and then answer the question, "Why and How Did New Zealand Become British?" This will lead to discussions on Edward Gibbon Wakefield and Grey, in which "Everyman" will question Mr. H. G. Miller, librarian at' Victoria University College.

The "Job of Work" talk at 2YA this evening will be by a signwriter, who will tell the public something about the odd things that signwriters do, and the special difficulties and humours of the calling

Major F. H. Lampen, who is well known to listeners for his talks on military history, will be heard from 2YA tomorrow evening on some of the customs of Army life. The title of the talk will be "Just. Boots. Buttons, and Badges." One of the most distinguished of New Zealand's painters is Mr. Sydney Thompson, of Christchurch. Since Mr. Thompson came to the front in Christchurch a good many years ago,- he has lived and worked largely in the north of France, and has paid periodical visits to his native country. Mr. Thompson is to speak at 3YA tomorrow evening on "A Painter Abroad." A new weekly feature at 3YA will begin on Tuesday evening next in the news session, when there will be a short talk on personalities and places in the news. The idea is to explain to listeners matters of general interest in the news which cannot be covered in the weekly world affairs talks.