4YA FEATURES FOR NEXT WEEK

Evening Star, Issue 22252, 1 February 1936, Page 4

4YA FEATURES FOR NEXT WEEK

Special recordings of the entertaining escapades of the Japanese houseboy and the country storekeepers, Eb and Zeb, were deleted for obvious and considerate reasons from 4YA’s programmes during the week of mourning. They are presented in serial form, so that in , order to retain their correct sequence those episodes which were deferred will be presented lirst during the coming week. It is there? fore worth noting that the recordings advertised for this neriod will not necessarily b© played; rather will those set down for presentatiori last-.week. _ For the benefit of farmers, a brief address dealing with will be delievered from 4YA on Monday night at 7.30 by Mr A. L. Duthie, secretary of the Otago A. and P. Society. Next Thursday, February 6, will be iS'cw Zealand Dav when a highlight will be a rebroadcast of the Empire short-wave station, from which Sir James Parr, the Dominion’s High Commissioner in London, will speak an appropriate message to his fellowcountrymen. The same evening Beethoven’s fifth symphony is to be presented. ENGLISH SPOUTS TALKS Each Saturday, at 6.30 p.m. (G.M.T.), in transmission 4 of the 8.8. C. Empire programmes, soriieone describes the part which he plays in some interesting sport. These talks are electrically recorded for subsequent reproduction in other transmissions. The speaker may not himself be a player, but one of the many who depend on sport for their livelihood or for their amusement Footballers and jockeys say how they learned their skill; old stagers describe the development of their sport since they first took part; umpires, linesmen, stableboys, groundsmen, each describe the part they play in the game. During recent weeks there have been talks by a caddie, a referee, and a cyclist; Lionel Seccombe has given his opinion on the question of England’s failure to produce a heavyweight boxing champion; Mr J. S. Critchley has described the great motor race to Brighton when the ban was first lifted and the motor car was allowed to travel without a-flag carried in front.