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'Life and Work'— 4
' Electricity from Niagara Falls'
ERIC ASHBY, D.Sc.
Last week you heard a talk about the production of oil in Persia, or Iran; next week you are to hear about coal mining in Western Pennsylvania; today you are to hear about another source of power-electricity.
Dr. Eric Ashby will describe a visit to Niagara, and will tell you how a passenger, seated in a cradle that travels along a rope, is- carried across the whirlpool rapids 150 feet below. He will tell you how the waterfalls are formed, their source being the lakes west of Niagara, and how the falls are used to make electric light for a million people.

Contributors

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Dr. Eric Ashby

in Celebration of Empire Day arranged and presented by the Canadian
Radio Broadcasting Commission including
A Dramatic Presentation of the Story of the Foundation of Empire Day in Canada
Relayed from the City of Hamilton,
Ontario
Programme sequence;
The arrival of the United Empire Loyalists on the shore of the Bay of Fundy in Old Nova Scotia in the year 1783 ; the settlement of the Loyalists ; the Wentworth Historical Society at Hamilton, Ontario, and Mrs. Fessenden; the observance of Empire Day in the Dominion of Canada and throughout the Empire; the celebration of Empire Day, 1935, leading to a message from
[the Dominion by the Rt. Hon. R. B. BENNETT ,
Prime Minister of Canada
The first of a series of Empire Day programmes was broadcast in 1933 from the United Kingdom under the title, ' News of Home.' In 1934, the first overseas contribution was made to this series from Australia, and this year it is Canada's turn to mark for the Empire the celebration of Empire Day. The principal broadcasting organisations of the Empire will, it is hoped, participate in this scheme. The schedule proposed for future years, in collaboration with overseas broadcasters, includes programmes from India (with Ceylon), New Zealand, and South and East Africa.

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Unknown:
Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett

Part 2
God Save the King
THE CONDUCTORS include Adrian Boult , Sir Hugh Roberton , Sir Landon Ronald , Malcolm Sargent , Vaughan Williams and Sir Henry Wood
THE ARTISTS, in solo and ensemble, include Isobel Baillie , Tudor Davies , Mary Jarred , Stuart Robertson , Elsie Suddaby , Harold Williams , and the English Singers and Quartet
THE ORCHESTRA includes the B B C Orchestra (Section B) and representatives of the British Women's Symphony Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Schools of Music, and other orchestras
THE CHORUS includes representatives of choirs from all parts of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man

Contributors

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Adrian Boult
Unknown:
Sir Hugh Roberton
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Sir Landon Ronald
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Malcolm Sargent
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Vaughan Williams
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Sir Henry Wood
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Isobel Baillie
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Tudor Davies
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Mary Jarred
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Stuart Robertson
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Elsie Suddaby
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Harold Williams

National Programme Daventry

About National Programme

National Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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