Australian Short Wave
pp. 71-72 · Read in the full issue
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. 11850 Kcs.; after 5.30 p.m. 9580 Kcs. Power: 2 Kilowatts.
Daily Week Days
(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. 8.00 Music. 9.30 Story. 10.00 Daily Devotional Service. 10.15 Close. 12.00 Time Signal & Broadcast to Schools, 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. 5.15 Close. 5.30 Children’s Session. 6.15 Dinner Music. 7.00 News. 7.15 News Commentary. 7.45 Talk (“The Watchman” —Tuesdays). 9.40 News. 11.00 Music. 11.50 Late News. 12.00 Dept, of Information Service. 12.30 Close.
Every Saturday
p.m. 1.35—5.15 Description of current sporting and athletic events, interspersed with music. 12.30 Close.
Every Sunday
a.m. 6.45 Music. 6.50 News. 7.00 Music 8.30 Brass Band Music. 9.00 News. 9.10 Sporting Session. 9.30 “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 Great Pianists. 12.55 News Session. 1.00 Luncheon Music. 1.30 Close. 3.00 Re-open—Classical Compositions. 7.00 News. 7.15 Talk on “International Affairs.” 9.30 News Service. 11.00 Close. 12.00 Dept, of Information Service. 12.30 Close.
April 1 To April 20
April 1 (Mon.) —1.35 p.m. Caulfield Races; 8 Serial; 8.30 Band; 9' Jim Davidson; 9.50 Randolph Bedford (Talk); 10 Boheme Quintet.
April 2 (Tues.) —8 p.m. Male Quartet; 8.15 Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; 10.15 Story.
April 3 (Wed.) —1.35 p.m. Kyneton Races; 8 “Women and Song”; 8.30 Play—“ Eccles Cakes”; 11 A.B.C. Dance Band.
April 4 (Thurs.) —1.35 p.m. Bacchus Marsh Races; 9 “Emma and ’Erbert”; 9.10 Colour Canvas; 9.45 Brisbane Wireless Chorus; 10 Modern Composers; 11 Jim Davidson’s Band.
April 5 (Fri.) —8 p.m. National Military Band; 8.30 Ballad Concert; 9 Jim Davidson Feature; 10 Play—“ The Dingo”.
April 6 (SaM —1.35 p.m. Sydney & Mel bourne Races; 7.45 “Misadventures of Mo”; 7.50 Music Hall Memories; 8.15 Orchestral Con cert; 9.45 Brass Band Recital; 10.15 Piano forte Recital; 11 Dance Music.
April 7 (Sun.) —8 p.m. Play; 9 Light En semble: 9.45 “In the Public Eye”; 10 Choral Praise.
April 8 (Mon.) —1.35 p.m. Moonee Valley Races; 8 Serial; 8.30 Military Band; 9 Jim Davidson’s Band; 10 Light Ensemble.
April 9 (Tues.)—B p.m. Wilfred Thomas (Baritone); 8.15 Georg Schneevoigt conducting Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; 10.15 Talk.
April 10 (Wed.) —1.35 p.m. Williamstown Races; 8 “Women and Song”; 8.30 Play; 10.15 Story.
April II (Thurs.) —1.35 p.m. Ballarat Races; 8 “Merry-Go-Round”; 9 “Emma and ’Erbert”; 9.10 Musical Feature; 9.45 Sefton Daley (Piano); 10.30 Modern Composers; 11 Harry Bloom’s Band. • April 12 (Fri.) —8.30 p.m. Tasmanian Wire less Chorus: 8.40 Actuality Broadcast—“ Jam”: 9 Jim Davidson; 10 Band Music.
April 13 (Sat.) —1.35 p.m. Race Descriptions; 7.45 “Misadventures of Mo”; 8.15 Gladys Mon crieff; 9.45 Musical Feature: 10.15 Male Quartet.
April 14 (Sun.) —12.15 p.m. Great Pianists; 7.30 “When Day is Done”: 8 Play; 9 Ensemble Music; 10 Choral Praise.
April 15 (M0n.)—1.35 p.m. Ascot Races; 8 Play—“ Very Good Jeeves”; 9 Jim Davidson’s Band; 10 “The Passing of the Regiments”.
April 16 (Tues.)—B p.m. Wilfred Thomas (Baritone): 8.15 Antol Dorati & Orchestra; 10 The Rythm Boys.
April 17 (Wed.)—l.3s p.m. Geelong Races.
8.30 Musical Feature; 9’ Play; 10 Orchestral & Vocal Programme.
April 18 (Thurs.) —1.35 p.m. Woodend Races; 8 Light Ensemble: 8.30 Ballad Concert: 9 “Antonio’s Dilemma’’; 9.10 Musical Colour Canvas: 10 Modern Composers; 11 Dance Music.
April 19 (Fri.) —8 p.m. Orchestral Music; 8.40 Actuality Broadcast —“Wool’’; 9 Jim Davidson.
April 20 (Sat.) —1.35 p.m. Race Descriptions; 7.45 “Misadventures of Mo”; 7.50 “Music Hall Memories’’; 8.15 Revue; 11 Dance Music.
Mr. R. Christoffersen, of the Fiji Posts and Telegraph Department, recently sailed from Suva with his wife on leave.
Rev. Harold Short, well-known during many years as an L.M.S. missionary in Papua, arrived in Sydney on February 20 from America, after a year of travel and work abroad. He went from Papua directly to India, where he spent several weeks at a conference of representatives of missionary activities from all over the world. Then he continued on to Europe, where he travelled extensively, and he was there when war broke out. During his absence abroad, he has done a great deal of preaching and lecturing on be half of the L.M.S. He left for Papua at the end of February.
Mr. M. McGrath, headmaster of Levuka Public School, Fiji, recently married Miss Ria Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Davis, of Suva,
Through the death of Miss Alice Maud Cottingham, at Dogura, Papua, on Feb ruary 20, the Anglican Mission has lost one of its most notable workers. Miss Cottingham arrived in Samarai in 1903. and. save for one furlough in Australia in 1913. she did not again leave the Ter ritory. Her work was primarily educa tional, and she served as a teacher in the schools at Mukawa and Dogura. For the greater part of her life she was crippled by rheumatoid arthritis, and for 20 years she did her work from a wheeled chair.