"The Great Britain of the Southern Cross."
A phono-flight over this great country as it is to-day, with here and there a phase from the past, showing the struggles and successes of the pioneers.
The train will leave Auckland at 8.22 p.m. and proceed to Rotorua - the region of the Thermal Springs - thence through Taranaki (The Garden Province) to New Plymouth tend Wellington; from Wellington (by steamer) to Picton; thence by train to Nelson; through the Canterbury Sheep Plains to Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill.
FOREWORD.
Specially prepared by Sir JAMES ALLEN, High Commissioner for the Dominion of New Zealand.
First Phase:
"OLD NEW ZEALAND," 1642-1769.
Second Phase :
"TO DAY - THE LANDING OF AN IMMIGRANT." - Third Phase :
"THE GREAT THERMAL REGION AT ROTORUA."
Songs:
(First Performance in Great Britain of all these songs, with the exception of " Kamate " and " Heine e Heine.")
Fourth Phase :
"PELORUS JACK-THE PILOT DOLPHIN OF THE FRENCH PASS."
Fifth Phase: " THE MAORI."
An incident at a Canterbury Wheat Farm.
Written especially for the Phono-Flight by HALBERT TATLOCK.
Characters : .-
Scene: Canterbury Plain (East Coast of South Island.)
Time : To-day, towards sunset.
" Long after if in evening hours,
Thy fancy should recall the flowers
Of these rich garden trusts of " ours," Remember then our thought to thee ; The rarest flower is the Maori."
Sixth Phase :
THE CALEDONIA OF SOUTH ISLAND."
The Phono-Flight will include the following:
Guide: Mr. H. F. B. DREW.
(By kind permission of the High Commissioner for New Zealand.)
JOHN COLLINSON (Tenor).
FREDERIC COLLIER (Baritone).
ELSY TREWEEK (Mezzo-Soprano).
HALBERT TATLOCK with his DRAMATIC COMPANY.
AUGUSTUS BEDDIE.
Incidental Music by THE STATION ORCHESTRA.
Arranged for Broadcast by MUNGO M. DEWAR.
Produced by M. M. DEWAR and GEORGE ROSS.