in celebration of Empire Day
Devised and produced by the African Broadcasting Company, Ltd.
An impression of the development of South Africa in a series of broadcasts from points of historical inttrest :
Cape Town: Lady Ann; Barnard's
Ballroom in the Castle
Bloemfontein: The old Raadsaal (Parliament House) of the Free State
Grahamstown
Port Elizabeth : The Campanile, commemorating the landing of the 1820 settlers
Durban : The Bluff
Pietermaritzburg: The Voortrekker
Roam in the Museum
Johannesburg
Pretoria: The late President Kruger's house
The programme will be introduced by the chimes from the Union Buildings at Pretoria, and will end with the National song ' Die Stem van Suid Afrika ' and ' God Save the King' Among those taking part will be the Hon. P. G. W. Grobler , Minister of Native Affairs; Captain A. Anderson , the last survivor of the Natal Pioneers ; and Mr. George Honeyball, one of the discoverers of the Great Main Reef of the Witwatersrand in 1886 The first of a series of Empire Day Programmes was broadcast from the United Kingdom in 1933. under the title ' News of Home '. Since then, the principal broadcasting organisations of the Empire have taken it in turn to provide the programme. In 1934, Australia was the source ; last year, Canada ; and on this occasion, South