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Regional Geography
' The Monsoon Lands '
4—' Cambodia and Cochin China—the Mekong Plain and Delta '
ERNEST YOUNG and CHARLES ROBE-QUAIN (Professor in the University of Rennes—Faculté des Lettres) assisted by E. M. STÉPHAN
If listeners will turn to the map on page 9 of the pamphlet dealing with this course, they will see Siam making a salient into French Indo-China and remember that the first talk this term was devoted to Siam. The next two talks were given on Malaya, which they will see at the foot of the map, and this week and next they are to hear two talks on French Indo-China, a very large and important part of the French Colonial Empire, almost twice the size of France.
The broadcast, both today and next week, will begin with the setting of the scene by Mr. Ernest Young , and then listeners will hear the views of a Breton who spent two years in French Indo-China, read by his fellowcountryman, M. Stephan. If they look at the map on page 18 of the pamphlet they will see what might well be the photograph of a boulevard in, a suburb of Paris. French Indo-China in fact is so much France overseas that a Frenchman was obviously required to describe it.

Contributors

Unknown:
Mr. Ernest Young

Jessie King (contralto)

The Bronkhurst Trio consists of three gifted and well-known musicians. The pianist, Henry Bronkhurst, studied at the Matthay School and at the Royal College of Music, where he won several Exhibitions and the Dannreuther Prize. He formed his Trio in 1924, and it was one of the first chamber music combinations to broadcast. The violinist, John Fry, studied under Blagrove and Pecskai. He is now professor of violin and viola at Trinity College of Music. The cellist, Edward Robinson, studied under W. E. Whitehouse, and is now professor at the Walenn Violoncello School and plays regularly for several well-known string quartets, including the Charles Woodhouse Quartet.

(Time Signal, Greenwich, at 2.0)

Contributors

Contralto:
Jessie King
Pianist:
Henry Bronkhurst
Violinist:
John Fry
Cellist:
Edward Robinson
Musicians:
The Bronkhurst Trio

4—' Australasia, the New World in the South'
ElLEEN POWER, Professor of Economic History in the University of London
Last week Professor Eileen Power talked about the opening up of Africa ; today she is to talk about the opening up of Australasia, the New World in the south. She will discuss Australasia -that is to say Australia and New Zealand-before the coming of the Europeans ; the arrival there of both the Dutch and the British in the seventeenth century; the first settlements. Her talk will cover ' transportation ', the squatters, the gradual exploration of the whole Continent. And finally John Macarthur and the merino sheep, the Gold Rush, and those most important things to Australasia and the world--cold storage and Canterbury lamb.
2.50 Interval

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor Eileen Power
Unknown:
John MacArthur

Bach
Clavierubung played by C. H. TREVOR (organ) from the Concert Hall, Broadcasting
House
Choral Preludes
Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit Christie , aller Welt Trost Kyrie, Gott heiliger
Geist Kyrie , Gott Vater in Ewigkeit
(manuals)
Christe, aller Welt Trost (manuals) Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist

Contributors

Played By:
C. H. Trevor
Unknown:
Gott Vater
Unknown:
Ewigkeit Christie
Unknown:
Geist Kyrie
Unknown:
Gott Vater

On April 23 Mr. W. McG. Eagar opened this series with a talk showing the extent to which Voluntary Social Service has grown in this country. The following week Mr. Blakiston sketched the historical background ; then Dr. H. A. Mess went on to explain the motives behind this great cause. Last week Mr. Eagar took up the threads again and described the organisation, and today he is to wind up the series.
He will try to show how the Voluntary Social Service retains both its vitality and the interest of the public, with its changing needs. He will show how voluntary and official action interlock ; the problems raised ; the change in outlook from condescension to co-operation. How much co-ordination is there ? Is more necessary or desirable ? What would be the effect of more public control ?

Contributors

Unknown:
Mr. W. McG. Eagar
Unknown:
Dr. H. A. Mess

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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