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2.15 STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. ' A Branch of the Bo-Tree', by Rhoda Power. How Asoka, Emperor of India, sent his son to teach Tissa, King of Ceylon, about the Buddha.
-How a branch of the sacred tree under which the Buddha had sat was given to Tissa
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2.40 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SERIES. ' Vltava ' : the course of a river, illustrated in music by the Czech composer, Smetana. Illustrated talk by Ronald Biggs

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Rhoda Power.
Talk By:
Ronald Biggs
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