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11.0 EMPIRE DAY : Special programme for schools. Children meet representatives of the Dominions and Colonies now in this country. A Maori talks for his people in New Zealand ; an Australian tells the story of ' Waltzing Matilda'; the drums of West Africa are heard ;" with a Flying-Officer listeners fly across Canada ; and the programme also includes speakers from South Africa, India, and the West Indies. Introduced by Douglas Allan. Music specially composed by Reginald Redman , and recorded by the BBC. Scottish Orchestra
11.30 Interval music
11.40 SCIENCE AND GARDENING : ' How to grow Tomatoes '. H. Alan Peacock
12.0 THE. MAKING AND CONT.ENT OF THE BIBLE : The later New Testament period : ' The First Epistle of St. Peter', by the Rev. C. W. Dugmore , Chaplain of Alleyn's College of God's Gift, Dulwich

Contributors

Duced By:
Douglas Allan.
Composed By:
Reginald Redman
Unknown:
H. Alan
Unknown:
Rev. C. W. Dugmore

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