The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 15 March 1941Vol. XI, No. 8

Broadcast To French

pp. 61-62 · Read in the full issue

Pacific Colonies

THE Australian Department of Information, in conjunction with the A.8.C., recently in augurated a daily broadcast in French of news talks, and music for listeners in New Caledonia, New Hebrides, and Tahiti. Transmission is made from Station VLQ, Sydney, on a wave-length of 31.2 metres (frequency, 9.615 mcs.) and con sists of the following items:— Aust. Eastern Noumea Standard Time. Time.

Rev. E. R. Fenn, of the London Mis sionary Society, has returned to Aird Hill, Papua, after spending leave in Australia.

Rev. Maurice Nixon, of the London Missionary College at Fife Bay, Papua, is at present in Sydney on furlough.

6.25 p.m. 7.25 p.m.

Announcements. 6.30 p.m. 7.30 p.m.

News in French. 6.50 p.m. 7.50 p.m.

Talk in French. 7.25 p.m. 8.25 p.m.

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Mr. J, J. Toogood, of Lae, New Guinea, who is a well known resident of the Territory, arrived in Sydney in February.