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"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.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir James Allen
Unknown:
Halbert Tatlock.
Unknown:
Mr. H. F. B. Drew.
Tenor:
John Collinson
Baritone:
Frederic Collier
Mezzo-Soprano:
Halbert Tatlock
Unknown:
Augustus Beddie.
Unknown:
Mungo M. Dewar.
Produced By:
M. M. Dewar
Produced By:
George Ross.

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