The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 22 October 1937Vol. VIII, No. 3

Australian Short Wave

p. 81 · Read in the full issue

Broadcast November 7 to November 27

AUSTRALIAN National Short Wave

Programme, broadcast from Mel

bourne, Victoria, on 31.34 metres for

listeners in the Western Pacific. Call

sign: VK3LR.

Daily Weekdays

p.m. 12.45 Comment by “The Watchman.” 1.00 Time Signal, and News Bulletin. 1.05 Interstate Weather. 1.15 Music. 3.00 (Monday, Tuesday, and Friday) Time Signal, and Broadcast to Schools. 3.20 (Tuesday and Friday) Classic Music. 5.00 Close. 6.30 Chimes, and Popular Music. 6.45 (Tuesday excluded) Sporting News. 7.00 (Tuesday and Thursday) News in French for New Caledonia and New Hebrides. 7.20 National News Bulletin. 7.30 Queensland and North Australian News. 7.40 (Saturday excluded) News, Markets, and Weather for North Australia. 8.50 (Usually) Musical Programme. 10.30 Australasian News Service. 10.50 Musical Programme. 11.30 Close.

P.M. Every Saturday

i 2.45 Music. 1.15 —5.15 Description of current sporting and athletic events, interspersed with music. 6.30 Markets Summary. 7.10 New Zealand Mail Bag. 7.35 Sporting Highlights of the Week. 10.50 Australasian Mail Bag. 11.00 Dance Music. 12.00 Close,

M. Every Sunday

6.00 Musical Programme by various State Orchestras. 6.30 A Musical Miscellany. 6.40 A Talk. 8.50 Talk on International Affairs.

November 7 27

Sunday, Nov. 7.-8 p.m. Story; 8.15 “Melody Time” ; 9.10 “It Happened Then.”

Monday, Nov. 8.-3 p.m. “Milestones in Modern History”; 7 “Soviet Methods in the Arctic”; 8 "Jungle Drums”; 9.30 Revue., Tuesday, Nov. 9—3 p.m. “Music Appreciation”: S Concert by Jascha and Tossy Spivakovsky.

Wednesday, Nov. 10. —7 p.m. “Gold Mining Ad- entures in Victoria”; 8.30 “Batchelor Trav els” ; 8.40 Recital by Eileen Boyd (Contralto) ; 9.50 “Young Australia.”

Thursdaj, Nov. 11.—8 p.m. Armistice Day play; 0 “Songs of England.”

Friday, Nov. 12—3 p.m. “Adventures in Music” ; 7 Book Reviews; 8.45 Recital by Stanley Clark son (Bass) ; 9 Sascha Berliner Ensemble.

Saturday, Nov. 13.—8 p.m. Musical Comedy; 9.30 Sydney Instrumental Trio, with Anne Mills (Mezzo Soprano).

Sunday, Nov, 14.—8 p.m. Story; 8.15 Margaret Sutherland’s Prize Winning Trio; 9.10 Play.

Monday, Nov. 15.—2.15 p.m. Cricket—N.Z, v.

Victoria; 3 “Milestones in Modern History”; 7 “Japanese in Manchukuo” ; 8 “Jungle Drums”; 9 Revue.

Tuesday, Nov. 16.—2.15 p.m. Cricket—N.Z. v.

Victoria: 3 “Music Appreciation”; 9 Sir Richard Terry’s Choir.

Wednesday, Nov. 17.—1,30 p.m. Bendigo Races; 7 “Story of Ben Boyd” ; 8.40 “Batchelor Travels.”

Thursday, Nov. 18.—1.30 p.m. Bendigo Races; 8 “Thursdays at Eight” : 10 Harpsichord Recital.

Friday, Nov. 19.—Cricket—N.Z. v. N.S.W. : 3 “Adventures in Music”; 7 "Current Books”; 10 Play.

Saturday, Nov. 20 —8 p.m. Roola Revue; 9.30 1 Dramatised Version of a Henry Lawson Story r 10 Butane f Str sr, g Quartet.

Sunday. Nov. 21—8 p.m. Story; 8.15 New Note Octet: 9.10 Radio Presentation of a Recent Film.

Monday, Nov. 22 —2.15 p.m. Cricket—N.Z. v.

N.S.W. ; 3 “Milestones in Modern History” r 7 “Is Depopulation a Menace ?”; 8 “Jungle Drums”; 9.30 Revue.

Tuesday, Nov. 23—2.15 p.m. Cricket —N.Z. v.

N.S.W.; 3 “Music Appreciation”; 8.05 “L’Alle gro” by Dr. A. Burnard; 9 Play; 9.30 Harpsi chord Recital.

Wednesday, Nov. 24. —1.30 Ascot Races; 7 “Past, Present, and Future of Central Aus tralia”; 8.30 Sea Chanties: 9 “Batche’or Travels.”

Thursday, Nov. 25.-8 p.m. Play; 9 Recital by Raymond Beattie (Bass-Baritone) and Heather Kinnaird (Contralto) ; 9.20 Budapest String Quartet.

Friday, Nov. 26.-3 p.m. “Adventures in Music” ; 7 Books Worth Reading ; 9 Georgo Mac farlane (Tenor) ; 10 Brisbane Handel Society.

Saturday, Nov. 27—8 p.m. Musical Comedy: 9 Ursula Malkin (Canadian Pianist) ; 9.30 Drama tised Version of a Henry Lawson Story.

Mr. E. A. Reynolds, of the staff of the Suva branch of the Bank of New South Wales, arrived in Sydney on transfer by

the September Aorangi.