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TO-DAY'S RADIO PROGRAMMES

Broadcast by Z.B.W, on a Wavelength of 355 metres (345 k.c.a), 31.68 metres (931 messercles), LIGHT SAXOPHONË RECITAL BY L PALAPO

This Is England "

12.30 to 2.13 p.m.-European pro-

graming.

12.30 p.m.-Concert Itema.

1 p.m.--Local: Time signal and

weather report. :

1.03 pm-Dance Music,

1.30 pm Router Press, Rugby Press Local Weather forecast,

time and announcements

1.40 p.m.-Bydney Gustard (Cinema

Organ).

2 p.m.-Songs by Turner Layton

(tenor)

2.15 p.m.-Close down.

4 to 7 p.m.-Chinese programme.

7 to 11 p.m.---European programme, 7 p.m.-

Classical Concert Handel Samson"Let the Bright Seraphim--Elsie, Bud- daby (soprano). Mozart Concerto No. 3" in G Major, K.218-Yehudi Menuhin and the Paris Symphony Or- chestra.

1st Movement--Allegro. 2nd Movement--Adagio.. 3rd Movement-Rondo. 7.30 p.m.--Closing local stock quo-" tations and Hong Kong, ex- change market report - ļ

7.33 PAL

A Classical Concert (canthued) Gluck—"Paride ed Mena"-O del

6.45 p.m.-Hitler Youth Programme:

Hour of the Young Nation. 6.15 p.m.-Bign of DJA and DJB

(Charm Engl.).

FORTUNE LEFT

BY BOOKMAKER

Mr. Cope's £127,200

Mr David Cope, of Imperial 4.55 pm-Call DJA. INB DUN. the well-known bookmaker, at de

Bulldings, Ludgate-cigris,

INE

derman Folk Song.

7 p.m.-Concert of Light Musie

--News in English 8.15 p.m.-Concert of Light Music

(ontinued); "T

835 p Greetings to our Listen

ers in the "Near East.”

|

time a tobacconist and hair dresser in Walworth-road, who died last July, left estate worth £127,218, with net personalty 495.287.

He gave £250 to Bert Putnam, it

in the employ of any of his com- pantes, a further £250 if he shall 9 p.m-News and Economic Review months after his death, and a fur- remain in such employment six in German and Call. DJQ. !!

ther £500 if he remains for à far- 9.15 pm-Hitler Youth programme:ther six months; £100 each to

That is the Hitler Youth (Germ.

Engl.).

9.30 p.m.-Slavic Fiddle music.

Grete and Marta Eveler,

9.45 pun.-New German Legislation

Dr. Fritz Schwiegk.

10 pm-News and Economic Re- view in English on DJE, DJN. D3Q in Netherlandish on DJA, DJB,"

10.15 p.m.-To-day in Germany.

Round Pictures 10.30pm--The

lacht."-

"Hermannssch-

A German Drama by Christian Dietrich Grabbe, freely adapted for the microphone by Walter Diges 11.30 pm-Literature of National Socialiam: Alfred Rosenberg- "The formation of the Idea”

mio dolce ardor. Beniamino 11.45 pm-Songs by Adolf Jensen

Gigli (tenor). Gluck "Orphee et Eurydice— Ballet Orchestre Symphonique (de Paris).

Liszt "Hungarian Rhapsody" No.

12-The Halle Orchestra, Con- | aucted by Br Hamilton Harty. List --- ** Isoldens Hebestod” in Berna Molselvitch (plano- forte).

8 p.m.-Local: Time Signal, won- ther report” and announce- menta

8.03 p.m.-

Four Light Songs by John McCormack (Tenor)

1. An Old Sacred Lullaby (Cor-

ner, arr. Liddle).

2. Jeanle with the light brown

hair (Foster.

3. Sweetly she sleep, my Alice

fair (Foster).

4. In sweet content (Macdermaid

Banderson).

16 p.m. London: This is Eng- land" Talks by representative English people: (2) The Hon. Charles Lyttleton, of Worces- tershire, helt to an old estate. Introduced by Anthony Wey- mouth. (Electrical Record ng).

8.30 pm. London: The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra. Directed by Henry Hall.

(Centenary). Margarete Vogt-Gebhardt, so-

prano.

12 midnight-Sign off DJA, DJE,

DJN, DJE, DIQ

·RADIO AUSTRALIAN

TO-DAY Wave Length, 31.34 Metres. Power, 1 Kilowatt. Frequency, 2.58 Megacycles. 11.25 am. —An eye-witness's ac- count of the first day's play in the Cricket Match-Queensland v. Victoria.

1.30 p.m.--Clase down (12.30-12.40 D.m.-News talk by The Spectator.")

3.30 p.m.-Cricket, as above.

4 p.m.-Close down!

5 p.m.-Cricket, as above.

| 6 p.m.--Close down.

4.45 p.m.-Sporting

Cricket Resume."

ARMY'S URGENT NEED

Recruits Wanted Immediately

Arm

The Army's urgent need for re- oruits is the subject of a state- ment made by Mr. Duff-Cooper, Secretary for War, in "Bome and Empire." He says:

"I five out of every hundred

able-bodied men in this country belonged to the Army to-day, the

recruiting problem, country would have solved its

"Let the Army have only Ave per cent. of the active man power Minnie Wise, Betty Domb and of the nation, and its personnel is

Sadie Goodman “as a token of ap- I complete for the vital part it has preciation of their loyalty and con; | to play in defence of our shores! scientiousness while in my em the maintenance ploy"; and £25 each to his maid, security throughout the Empire of peace and

Rebecca Moyce, and his gardener. | and the strengthening of the George Godschalk."

cause of peace' in Europe.

Bystém On Triaľ

HEAVY TAXATION .⠀ He stated, "T declare that I have

"It cannot be too strongly one- during my lifetime contributed phasised that the voluntary system. generously according to my ability is on trial to-day. The Territorial to charitable and communal works, Army, despite the recent improve- and I make no further provisionment in recruiting, is still con- therefore by this my will in view siderably, under strength.

The

The

of heavy taxation and deprecia- Regular Army is seriously-indeed

on in the value of securities," ominously short of volen,

He desired that his nephew and disturbing fact, which we can only his family should live with his wife. Ignore at our peril, is that recruit- "I desire to record that my dearing continues to be so unsatis wife has given a mother's love and factory that unless there is a large care to my nephew Alfred Cope, and immediate improvement the and it is my wish that he shall love and respect her when I am longer here to protect her." he said.

urgent

SCIENCE FOR CHILDREN

no

system will break dowIL

the "In emphasising national need for recruits. I wish

to urge the importance of obtain- ing recruits now, and not when hostilities threaten to break out. It is now that we want the men. so that we may be ready for any emergency,

It is my ambition, before I re-

Discovery Re-Enacted inquit my present office, to be

suarantee to every man who joins the Army and leaves it at the Two hundred years before Christ end of his period of service with

a Greek mathematician and in- good character that he shall ventor was pandering a problem | pass straight from the Army into set him by his King-how to deter- a good job."-. mine whether the King's crown]“ was made of pure gold or whether It contained silver

The mathematician was stepping into a bath. He saw the water overflowing, and it occurred to him News and that the excess of bulk caused by the introduction of alloy could be measured by putting the crown and equal weights of gold and of aliver separately into a vessel of water and noting the differences of overflow.

7 pm Talk: "Sir John and Lady Frankin"-Mr Wilfred Huds- peth.

7.20 p.m.-National News Bulletin. 7.40 p.m.-A.B.C. Dance Orchestri. 9.30 p.m.-A Revue.

9 pmTo be arranged. 10.30 p.m-Australasian News Ber- vice, including Cricket Resume:

· England y. Tasmania, arst day, 8.55 p.m.-London: News and an- 10.45 pm-Meditation Musk

nouncements.

9.15 p.m.-

From the Studio.

11.30 p.m.-Close Down

A Light Saxophone Recital by "FAT LADY”

Palapo:

1. Vale Vanite.-Rudy Wiedoeft.

2. Simple Aveu-F. Thome,

3. The Duchess Valsé Caprice

R. Duke Rehl

9.30 p.m.--Homage March (Haydn

*: Wood)-Light Symphony Or

chestra ..

9.35

From the Stadla

A Violoncello Recital by Made-

moiselle Adele Clement:

1. Le Cygne-Saint-Saens."

3. Menuet-Valensin.

3. Rigaudon.--Forqueray. 4. Vito. Popper.

9.50 pm "At Mother's Knee

(Some favourite Lullabies) Esate Ackland (Contralto). 10 p.m.-London: Big Ben. Dance Music. Forty minutes of the popular dance tunes of to-day. 10.40 p.m

Vocal Gems from Musical Comedies

TRAVELS IN

PSYCHOLOGY AND WAR

German Observer's Lesson

The following anecdote, believed This was how Major G. I. Taylor, | to be true, is an example of the Yarrow Research Professor of the application of psychology to war. Royal Society, told of the finding | During the Russo-Japanese War a of the principle of Archimedes German military observer, attach- one of the most important in the ed to the Russian side, saw two selence of hydrostatics-when he officers of that armiy indulging in lectured to children on "Shipe"? | ■ quarrel which ended in a rough- at the Royal Institution Albemarle, | and-tumble. The German's name street, W., last month; 12 12 was Horman, and those of the With a tank of water, a balance, Ruslans Rehnenkampf and Sam- a brass crown, and gold medal Major Taylor demonstrated how Archimedes proved that his King's

incidentally stumbled on the prin-

Hofman remembered what he bad seen and insisted that neither ciple of displacement,

Major Taylor demonstrated also

Rennenkampt nor Samsonoff. how primitive man learn that it would march to the others help was dimeult to boat on one 108: 1y. And so it was, for at Tannen- if their armies were attacked sing- easy on two logs bound

ono Ten years later Hoffman was on Hindenburg's staff in East Prusis, while the other two com-

GUARD'S VAN roldsmith was a rogue, and manded each an army of the Tsar.

Nine Feet Round

The Waist!

but

together. He showed how impor- burg and at the Masurian Lakes Hilde Wilson, the German-born tent are the relations between they were defeated in turn, in 82-year-old. "fat lady at a Hay- the centre of gravity and the spite of the fact that their co- market fun fair, was so fat that centre of buoyancy to the shipter. It is an instructive lesson,

operation might have saved disas- she could not get into an English | bullder..... rallway carriage.

The evolution of the diving-bell When she travelled she had to | Was-filustrated – with gilden and go in the guard's van. She weigh-working models; the problems of ed a quarter of a ton, and it took the diver were examined; and eight meri to lift her body into the finally Major Taylor talked about ambulance when she collapsed and the life-saving gear used in sub- dled at the fun fair.

marines, and let the children try At Westminster averdiet or on the famous Davis gear. Natural Causes was returned. Y: Elsie Lang, of Arundel-place.

"The Desert Bong"-The Desert Haymarket, who gave her evidence

Soug-Edith Day and Rebert in broken English, said that she WALES WANTS

Naylor. "Please Teacher" Selection- Bubble Howes, Wylie Watson Sepha Treble and Winifred Izard, with The London Hip podrome Chorus and Orches

11 p.m.--Close down.

BERLIN PROGRAMME

1.05 p.m.-CRU DJA, DJB (German,

English).

German Folk Song.

| 1.10 p.m.-Concert of Light Musić, -2 p.m.-News in German.

2.15 pm-Concert of Light Music

(continued).

2.65 p.m. Greetings to our listen

ers in New Zealand,

3 p.m.--News and Economic Review

in EnglishRNA-

3.18 p.m-To-day la. Germany.

Bound Pictures.

3.30 pm-Military Concert. 4.45 p.m.-Prince Louis Ferdinand.

Popular radio play by Franz Kon-

rad Hoefert.

5.30 pm --News and Economie Re-

4 View in Cherrian-

was connected with the fun fair.

Mrs. Wilson, she said, was the widow of an English artist.

that

The Coroner. What does mean? Was he a performer on the. music-hall stage, or an exhibitor at the Royal Academy?—He was an English giant.

MINISTER

The Government may shortly be faced with a demand for the crea- tion of a new Ministerial post and a new Whitehall department the Secretary of State for Wales and the Welsh Office.

LADY OF TITLE

Relics Of A French Revolutionary

The sale of decorative furniture and objects of art at Messrs. Sotheby's last month included several pieces which had descend- ed in direct inheritance from Louis Michel Lepeletier de Baint- Fargeau, the celebrated character in the French Revolution, who was assassinated on the eve of the execution of Louis XVI, in favour. of which he had voted.

REDUCED FROM 50 STONE Mm. Wilson, whose address was

These were catalogued as the the Kriftstrasse, Berlin, came to The Welsh party at Westminster, property of "a Lady of Title" and " England to be an exhibit at the composed of Welsh, members ir of "a Nobleman,” and included a fair. She weighed 43 stone. 5 respective of their politics, is ex- Louts y mantel clock, with: The Cotoner. I was told 48 amining the question,,- Through- movement by Julien Le Roy, Paris, stone.

Skout Wales the prospect is being contained in a barrel-shaped case,

canvassed.

ms with armolu frame, supported by Welshmen complain that the three Chinese bronze figures, their Government in Whitehall neglects robes decorated with black lacquer, Dr. John Taylor, pathologist, the principality, Welsh MPs were standing on rococo scroll bases. said- that Mrs. Wilson was only aggrieved that not a single refer. This was knocked down at £1,050. about Ave feet three inches in ence was made to Wales in the (Dufola), de height," but, was, enormously fat.King's Speech at the opening of "A pair of Louis XVI. black, Her waist measurement, he was Parliament, though Scotlarid was lacquer, dwarf cupboards, each en- told, was nine feet l

promised legislation.

- The Coroner's Officer.—I was told | so, too. She had come down' from

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The pituitary glands appeared to be rather small, which accounted for the woman's condition.

The Coroner disorder of the ? pitúltary glands accounts for giáńtiam, too, does it not?--Yes,

closed by pair of drawers with Japanese lacquer panels decorated" mark adtwith mountainous scenes in gold, Death was due to myocardial brought £1,100, and another clip- degeneration and adiposis. The board, slmost similar and mightiy

น heart, he imagiged, get bigger and larger, made £800 (both Magnús). bigger in order to support the fat. The day's total was £10574.