The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 15 September 1938Vol. IX, No. 2

Australian Short Wave

pp. 75-76 · Read in the full issue

Broadcast Oct. 2 to Oct 29

A USTRALIAN National Short Wave

Programme, broadcast from Mel

bourne, Victoria, on 31.34 metres

(Frequency, 9.58 megacyles) for

listeners in the Western Pacific. Call

sign: VLR.

P.M. Daily — Weekdays

12.25 Stock Exchange Reports and London Metal Prices. 12.40 Recorded. Music. 1.00 Time Signal, and News Bulletin.

I. 05 Music. 3.00 (Monday, Tuesday, and Friday) Broad cast to Schools. 3.20 (Tuesday and Friday) Classic Music. 5.00 Close (Wednesday, 5.15). 6.30 Comment by “The Watchman.” 6.45 Sporting News. 7.00 (Saturday excluded) Markets and Weather for North Australia. 7.15 Overseas News Service. 7.40 (Tuesday excluded) Talk. 8.50 (Usually) Musical Programme. 10.80 Australasian News Service. 10.50 Musical Programme. 11.30 Close.

P.M. Every Saturday

12.40 Music. 1.15 —5.30 Description of current sporting and athletic events, interspersed with music. 6.30 Markets Summary. 7.36 Sporting Highlights of the Week. 11.00 Dance Music. 12.00 Close.

Am. Every Sunday

8.00 News Bulletin. 8.20 Musical Programme. 9.30 “On the Land’’ Session. 9.50 Summary of Week’s News.

II. Divine Service, p.m. 1.30 Close. 3.00 Re-open. 6.00 Musical Programme by various Staite Orchestras. 6.30 Talk. 6.50 News Bulletin. 7.30 Recordings of Overseas Artists. 8.30 Talk on International Affairs. 10.20 News. 10.30 Close. (Times given are Australian Eastern Stand ard —10 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.)

October 2 To October 29

Oct. 2 (Sun.) —10.15 a.m. Current Books; 10.30 “From the Operas’’; 6 p.m. “Plantation Paradise’’; 7.10 Dramatised Fairy Tale; 9.50 Recital (Plano and Violin).

Oct. 3 (Mon.) —7.40 p.m. “Future of Gold and Money”; 8 Serial—“Into the Light”; 9 Topical Revue: 9.50 Travel Letter.

Oct. 4 (Tues.) —1.30 p.m. Kyneton Races; 8 Violin Recital: 9.15 Community Singing; 10 Harry Bloom’s Band.

Oct. 5 (Wed.) —1.30 p.m. Geelong Races; 7.40 “Sir J. Forrest”: 8 “As You Like It”; 9.30 Serial; 10.50 Jim Davidson’s Band.

Oct. 6 (Thurs.) —7.40 p.m. “Red Sand and White”; 8 “The Play’s the Thing”; 9.10 Recital (Guila Bustabo); 10.15 Dance Music.

Oct. 7 (Fri.) —8 p.m. Jim Davidson’s Dance Band: 8.30 Desmond Tanner at Electric Or gan; 9 Story; 10.05 Studio Programme.

Oct. 8 (Sat.) —1.15 p.m. Caulfield & Rand wick Races; 8 Play; 8.30 Symphony Orchestra; 11 Dance Music.

Oct. 9 (Sun.) —10.15 a.m. Book Reviews; 10.30 “From the Operas”; 4.30 p.m. “B.B.C.

Hour”; 6.30 “National Debt”; 7 Marie Bremner (Songs); 8.50 Masterstrings Quartet; 9 play.

Oct. 10 (Mon.) —7.40 p.m. “Heinrich Hertz”; 8 Serial; 8.30 Military Band; 9 Topical Re vue; 9.50 Talk; 10.50 Music.

Oct. 11 (Tues.) —3.15 p.m. Seymour Races; 8 Musical Comedy; 8.30 Review of Films and

Theatre; 9.30 Talk; 9.45 Jascha & Tossy Spivakovsky.

Oct. 12 (Wed.)—l3o p.m. Caulfield Races; 7.40 “Makers of Australian Prosperity”: 8.50 “Emma & ’Erbert”; 9.30 “Capt. Kettle’s Adventures”; 9.45 Dance Music.

Oct. 13 (Thurs.)—-8 p.m. “The Play’s the Thing”; 9.10 Everyman’s Music; 10.15 Jim Davidson’s Dance Band.

Oct. 14 (Fri.)—B p.m. A.B.C. Dance Band; 8.30 Desmond Tanner (Electric Organ); 9.15 Community Singing: 10 St. Cecilia Choir.

Oct. 15 (Sat.)—l.ls p.m. Caulfield Races; 7 Recorded Music; 8 to 12 Old Time Dance.

Oct. 16 (Sun.)—lo.ls a.m. Current Books; 10.30 “From the Operas”: 4.30 p.m. “8.8. C.

Hour”; 6 “Plantation Paradise”: 8 “Incognito”: 9.50 Spivakovsky Duo.

Oct. 17 (Mon.)—B p.m. Serial; 8.30 Military Band; 9 Topical Revue; 9.30 “Choral Cavalca £®” : ir 50 /TumT Ascot Races- 8 Everyman’s Music; 9.10 Recital (Raymond Beatty & Heather Kinnaird); 9.45 Dance Music.

Oct. 19 (Wed.)—l.3o p.m. Werribee Races; 7.40 “Makers of Australian Prosperity”: 8 “As You Like It”; 9.30 Light Music.

Oct. 20 (Thurs.)—l.3o p.m. Bacchus Marsh Races; 8 “The Play’s the Thing”; 9 Instru mental Ensemble; 9.25 Two Plano Recital; 10.15 Dance Music.

Oct. 21 (Fri.)—B p.m. A.B.C. Dance Band; 8.30 Organ Recital; 9.15 Community Singing: 10.15 Harry Bloom’s Dance Band.

Oct. 22 (Sat.)—l.ls p.m. Moonee Valley Races; 8 Symphony Orchestra; 9.10 Musical Feature; 11 Dance Music.

Oct. 23 (Sun.)—lo.ls a.m. Current books; 10.30 “From the Operas”; 4.30 p.m. “8.8. C.

Hour”; 6.30 “National Debt”: 7 New Note Octet; 8.50 The Mastersingers; 9 Play.

Oct. 24 (M0n.—1.30 p.m. Geelong Races; 8 Serial; 8.30 Military Band; 9 Revue; 9.30 Choral Cavalcade; 10 String Quartet.

Oct. 25 (Tues.)—B p.m. Musical Comedy; 8.30 “Round the Town”; 9.15 Community Singing: 10 Musical Programme.

Oct. 25 (Wed.)—l.3o p.m. Kyneton Races; 8 9 ‘ A f. Lo^e U 30Serial-* « *Da'nce Marches On , 9.30 Serial, 9.45 Dance iviusic.

Oct. 27 (Thurs.)—l.3o p.m. Ballarat Miners’

Races; 8 “The Play’s the Thing”; 9.15 Con-

Ban! ABC - symphony orchestra; 1015 Tango Oct. 28 (Fri.)—B p.m. Jim Davidson’s Dance Band; 8.30 Electric Organ Recital; 9 Story; 10 Ballad Recital; 10.20 Musical Interlude.

Oct. 29 (Sat.)—l.ls p.m. Plemington Races; 8 to 10.30 Opening of New 3LO Station and 3LO Studio Programme; 11 Dance Music. : fh ßev - W * H - Leembruggen, preaching at the Essendon South Methodist Church, Melbourne, on August 28, described many of his interesting experiences as a missionary in the British Solomon Islands.

Jayaneshwar Maharaj has successfully passed his LL.B. examination at Wales University, and will spend a year in England to be called to the Bar before going to Fiji to set up in oractice. He is the youngest son of the la“te Hon. Pundit Badri Maharaj, of Raki Raki, Ra.