THE COMING WEEK.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20678, 25 September 1930, Page 3

THE COMING WEEK.

PROGRAMMES FROM IYA.

VARIETY OF PRESENTATIONS. Sunday.—Relay of sorvice from Boresford Street Congregational Church, preacher, the Rev. A. V. Whiting; relay of Municipal Band concort from lovvn Hall. Tuesday.—Operatic selections by tho IYA String Octet and assisting vocalists; topical talk by Mr. A. B. Chappoll, M.A. ; short rolay of Auckland Orphans' Club Orchestra Concert from Scots Hall. Wednesday.—Talk on "Pottery" by Miss Briar Gardner; relay of portion of community singing from Town Hall broadcast of debato "That Capital Punishment Should be Abolished"; gramophono locture-rocital, "Songs and Their Stories," by Mr. Karl Atkinson. Thursday.—Programme by tho String Octet and assisting artists; relay of portion of tho Auckland Operatic Society's presentation of "Tutankhamen" from His Majesty's Theatre; danco session. Friday.—Numbers by tho Now Zealand Four and other artists; items by the Studio Trio. Saturday.—Relay of Municipal Band concert from Town Hall; danco music. Excerpts from "Faust" will bo presented by Signor Cesaroni's Operatic Company from 2YA, Wellington, on Friday, October 3. The Wellington Welsh Society's reception to Their Excellencies Lord and Lady Blodisloo, on Saturday, October 4, will bo relayed by 2YA.

BROADCAST OP RECORDS.

PROPOSED RESTRICTIONS. A AND B STATIONS AFFECTED. To obviate tho repetition of gramophone records broadcast by Australian and New Zealand stations the publishers of the records have imposed a number of restrictions on tho broadcasting stations. The decision was made at a conference in Sydney recently of the principal companies and the Australian Performing Rights Association. Tho restrictions will operate in Australia almost immediately and are expected to be enforced shortly in New Zealand. Mr. S. Holden Howie, of Howie's, Limited, who recently returned from Sydney, stated yesterday that the wholesale broadcasting of records in both Australia and New Zealand was doing con siderable harm to the trade. New records, particularly those of the "light" type, were secured by the stations and played ad nauseam. Mr. Howie made tho forecast ''that tho proposed restrictions in New Zealand provided for tho broadcasting of new releases only once a day for a fortnight by each station, and thereafter once a week. In the case of catalogued copyright records they could be played only onco a week unless special permission was obtained from the Australian Performing Rights Association. The regulations applied _ not only to tho record, but also to tho item. For instance, a station might use a certain item by pome well-known artist or as a violin solo or any other means apart from tho record. This would constitute tho performance for the day and tho station would not bo entitled to use tho same item on a record. Further no records would in future l>o loaned by gramophone dealers for broadcasting purposes, and tho stations would liavo to purchase their own records. The companies had decided that whero a B class station was operated from a dealer's premises or, in tho event of a dealer being interested in a station to such an extent that he could supply it with records, the make, tillo and artist must do announced. Also, if u number wcio given at all it must bo the maker's selection number on the record. Mr. Howie said one of tho principal companies was awaiting confirmation of tho proposals from its London ofiice. Lho other main companies wcro agreeablo to the proposals, and when tho first company received authority a conference would bo held in Now Zealand to finaliso tho arrangements. Tho restrictions would then bo imposed as soon as possible.

Tho time allotted by tho Radio Broadcasting Company of New Zealand, Limited, for tho broadcasting of records at its stations is half an hour out of two hours at tho evening sessions, lliere aro no specific allocations of times for the afternoon, dance sessions or all-day broadcasts oil race days. The total/number of items broadcast from the company's four stations in its evening sessions during tho period April 1, 1929, to March 31, 1930, was 37,000. Of this number one-quarter was recorded items, 75 per cent, of this being used in dance sessiojis. The proportion of records to tho total number of items presented in concert sessions only was 7 per cent. Expressed in length of timo devoted to evening entertainment sessions one-fifth was occupied with recorded numbers, including those used for dance sessions. The proportion of time given to recorded music during concert sessions only was 6 per cent. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Tho well-known play "David Garrick " will be presented from IYA by the Auckland Comedy Players under tho direction of Mr. J, t l . Montague, on October 17. On October 23 t'nor 1 will be a relay of a function conducted by tho Alpino Sports' Club from the Lewis Eady Hall. New artists who will bo appearing at station IYA shortly are Miss Jossica Smith, contralto, and Maslor T. It. W. Trafford, soprano. Miss Olive Munro and Mr. Victor Baxter, bass baritone, will make reappearances at the station next month. Two clever musical-comedy players, Miss Wendy Lux and Mr. Ernest Lux, will appoar beforo tho microphone on October 22 and 25. An interesting caso was dismissed at the Newcastle Police Court recently, when the wife of a policeman was summoned for having installed and worked a wireless set without a licenco. Tho result was that the case was successfully pleaded on her behalf that the installation was incomplete, and the case was dismissed. Evidence was given by post office officials that they had looked at the set, and wero certain that it was in working order, but the defence maintained that the set was obtained two days before the officials' visit and that it was not yet connected up. Dr. Adrian Boult, the newly-appointed music diroctor of the 8.8.C., in speaking about tho 8.8.C. music policy recently, said: "As far as I can judge, the policy has always been to aim at giving listeners the best music of every kind, performed in the best possible way. It will be my steadfast purpose to advance this policy to tho limit of my ability and opportunity. To me, the great fascination of broadcasting is as an instrument of cultural development. The 8.8.C. has done s great deal to elevate the genera] ataudard of cultural and artistio appreciation."