MAORI MELODIES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 46, 6 February 1928, Page 8

MAORI MELODIES

WIRELESS CONCERT AT CORNWALL PARK, RADIO DESIRED FOR HASTINGS HOSPITAL. “Breathes there a man with soul so dead who never to himself hath said, ‘This is my own mv native land?' ” Then “know New Zealand!’' This is the thought and purpose behind the Radio Broadcasting Company’s presentation of a Maori pageant commemorative of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, which is to be broadcast from 2YA this evening, the anniversary of the cosummation of that historic pact. What more appropriate than an event of such signal significance and importtance to Maori and Pakeha alike could have been chosen to initiate a sustained effort to bring home to the people of the Dominion a deeper knowledge of the affairs of their country, a clearer conception of its worth as one of the brightest gems of the Empire, and a more vital realisation of the obligations of our individual citzenship? This great entertainment is to be made available to the Hastings public by Mr Hector Jones, who will operate his light-power radio set from tile front of his residence, opposite Cornwall Park, Tomoana road entrance. During the programme the Hawke's Bay Radio Society will take up a collection towards the cost of installing a radio in the Hastings Hospital. Considerin'- the fine object tor which the collection will be made, a generous response is anticipated.