WIRELESS PROGRAMMES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19834, 3 January 1928, Page 12

WIRELESS PROGRAMMES

BROADCASTS FOR TO-DAY. WIDE VARIETY OF ITEMS. FEATURES FOR TO-MORROW. Dei tails of programmes to bo sent out hy New Zealand and Australian broadcasting stations to-day are as follows: Auckland, IYA (333 metres).—Noon, relay of races at Ellerslie; 6 p.m., children's session; 7.15 p.m., news service; 8 p.m., relay of orchestral selections at Majestic Theatre; 8.11, special performance of Liza Lehmann's song cycle, "In a Persian Garden," from the "Rubaiyat" of Omar Khayyam; artists, Miss Lola Soloman, soprano; Mrs. Cyril Towsey, contralto. Mr. James Simpson, tenor; Mr| Frank Sutherland, baritone; the Waiata Quartette; 8.42, Mr. E. Tregilgas, cornet solos: 8.47. sketch, "The Stranger," by Miss Edna Smeaton and Messrs. F. Adeane and J. Sharp; 8.57, Miss Ina Bosworth, violin solos; 9.36, Towsey-Bosworth-Hemus Trio; further numbers by artists mentioned above. Wellington, 2YA (420 metres). —2 p.m., relay of Phmket Shield cricket match, Canterbury v. Wellington, at Basin Reserve; 6 p.m., children's session; 7 p.m., news service; 8 p.m., orchestral overture; 8.5, Orpheus Quartette; 8.9, Mr. Leri. Griffiths, humorous recital; 8.16, Miiss Lily Mackie, contralto, songs; 8.21, Symons-Ellwood-Short Trio; 8.27, Mr. Keith Grant, baritone, songs; 8.31, Mr. Arthur Coe, tenor, songs; 8.36, Miss Lily Mackie and Mrs. Alice Harris, vocal du<st; 8.42, Mr. G. Ell wood, tenor Bolo; 8.55, lecturette, "History of Early Whaling Industry," by Mr. A. J. Dry; 9.10, organ recital by Mr. H. Temple White; additional items by artists mentioned, Christchurch, 3YA (306 metres).—Noon, relay description of Canterbury Park Trotting Club's meeting at Aldington. Dunedin, 4YA (463 metres). —3 p.m., aftern :m concert; 3.30 fashion talk and electric cooking talk; 6 p.m., children's session; 7.15 p.m., news service; 8 p.m., studio concert by Dunedin Banjo Trio and assisting artists. Australian Stations. Sydney, 2FC (442 metres). —Talks to children by "Hello Man"; dinner music; 9.30 p.m., news service; 10.15 p.m., concert programme, including vocal and instrumental items; selections by Bondi Beach Concert Band; talk by Miss Goodie Reeve; 11.35 p.m., farcical radio play "The Frolicsome Oyster," presented by Mr. Scott Alexander; dance music relayed from the Ambassadors. Sydney, 2BL (353 metres).—B.ls p.m., children's session; 9 p.m., special country session and news service; St. John Ambulance talk; 10.30 p.m., concert programme, including items by Broadcasters' Topical Chorus; orchestral music; vocal and instrumental items; dance music from the Wentworth. Melbourne, 3LO (371 metres). —8.30 p.m., children's session; 9.30 p.m., news service; 10 p.m., talk on "Working Conditions in the Pacific," by Mr. G. L. Wood: bowls talk by Mr. E. M. Pascoe; 10.30 p.m., concert programme, including selections bv Coburg City Band; vocal and instrumental items; Lynch Bellringers on marimba resonators; talk on Australian shipwrecks by Mr. W. A. Somerset; 11.40, one-act play, "The Monkey's Paw"; dance music by joe Aronson's band. Brisbane, 4QG (385 metres).—9.3o p.m., news service; sheep and wool talk by Mr. J. Carew; 10.30 p.m., radio novelty, "A Night Out," by 4QG staff. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Liza Lehmann's famous song-cycle, "In a Persian Garden." embracing many of the cryptic verses of Omar Khayyam, will be rendered by the Waiata Quartette at IYA this evening. Two sketches "Stung" and "The Stranger," will be featured on the second half of this evening's programme from IYA. The performers will be Miss Edna Smeaton, Mr. Frank Adeane and Mi'. Jim Sharp. A full description of the day's racing will be relayed from the Ellerslie grandstand to-day, starting at noon. TO-MORROW'S FEATURES. Special features of programmes to be sent out from the Auckland station tomorrow are as follows: — Auckland, IYA (333 metres).—7.ls p.m., talk on "Concrete and Its Uses, by Mr. F. E. Powell; 7.15 p.m., physical culture talk by Mr. Norman Kerr; 8 p.m., relay of orchestral selections at Rialto Theatre; items by the Hawaiian Four, the Arie'r Quartette, and the Towsey-Bosworth-Hemus Trio. The Wellington station will not be operating to-morrow.