Australian Short Wave
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Broadcast
A NATIONAL Short Wave Programme is broadcast daily from Lyndhurst, near Melbourne, Victoria, for listeners in the Western Pacific. Call signs: Before 5.15 p.m. VLR3; after 5.30 p.m. VLR.
Wave lengths: Before 5.15 p.m. 25.25 metres; after 5.30 p.m. 31.32 metres.
Frequencies: Before 5.15 p.m. 11880 Kcs.; after 5.30 p.m. 9580 Kcs. Power: 2 Kilowatts.
Daily Week Dats
(Subject to Alteration Without Notice.) a.m. 6.30 Market Reports. 6.50 News Bulletin. 7.05 Physical Exercises. (7.15 Music. 7.45 News. ■B.OO Music. 9.30 Story. 10.00 Dally Devotional Service. 10.15 Close. 12.00 Time Signal, p.m. 12.20 Wheat and Grain Report. 12.25 Stock Exchange Reports. 12.40 Commentary by “The Watchman.” 12.55 Overseas News. 1.00 Australian News. 1.30 News. 1.35 Afternoon Musical Programme. 4.15 Overseas News. 5.16 Close. 5.30 Children’s Session. 6.15 Dinner Music. 7.00 News. 7.15 News Commentary. 7.45 Talk (“The Watchman” —Tuesdays). 9.30 Overseas News. 11.15 Music. 11.50 Late News. 12.00 Dept, of Information Service. 12.30 Close.
P.M. Evert Saturday
1.40 —5.30 Description of current sporting and athletic events, interspersed with music. 12.00 Close.
A M. Every Sunday
6.45 Music. 6.50 News. 7.00 Music. 8.30 Brass Band Music. 9.00 News.
9.15 Sporting Session. 930 “In Quires and Places Where They Sing”. 10.00 Light Ensemble. 10.15 Book Reviews. 10.30 New Releases (Recorded). 11.00 Divine Service, p.m. 12.15 Operatic Excerpts. 12.55 News Session. 1.00 Luncheon Music. 1.30 Close.
3.00 Re-open—Talk.
3.15 Musical Programme. 6.45 Talk, 7.00 News. 7.15 Talk on “International Affairs”. 9.30 News Service. 10.30 Readings from the Bible, 10.50 Late News. 11.00. Close.
Feb. 1 (Thurs.)—l.3s p.m. Bendigo Races. 8 A.B.C. Concert Hour; 9 Emma and ’Erbert; 9.10 Colour Canvas —Musical Feature; 9.45 Talk by Frank Clune.
Feb. 2 (Fri.) —8 p.m. Light Orchestra Pro gramme; 8.30 Ballad Recital: 9 Jim Davidson Feature: 10 Variety Programme.
Feb. 3 (Sat.) —1.35 p.m. Race Descriptions: 7.45 “Music Hall Memories”: 8 Musical Programme: 9.15 Recital by Zena Moller (Soprano); 11 8.8. C.
Feature. (No further programmes are available for this issue.) Mr. Albert William Schrater, a native of Illinois, U.S.A., and a miner on the
Morobe Goldfields, T.N.G., since 1926,
died on December 16, at the age of 52.
Mr. Schrater was a well known and re spected member of the Goldfields com munity and had been mining at Edie Creek for many years. The last three years had been devoted to constructing a water race from the Upper Watut to Wau and district. This race is a gigantic
undertaking, but unfortunately death
overtook Mr. Schrater before its com pletion. Mr. Marvin Schrater arrived from U.S.A. to join his uncle on Decem ber 15, but only saw him in hospital on the eve of his death. He intends to carry on his uncle’s undertakings on the Goldfields.