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Another View by Prince John Loewenstein in The Kon-Tiki Expedition and more fully in American Indians in the Pacific Thor Heyerdahl put forward the theory that the Polynesian islands, scattered between New Zealand, Hawaii, and Easter Island, had originally been settled by migrants from the South American sub-continent.
The speaker, who is Curator of Anthropology and Archaeology at the Raffles Museum, Singapore, re-examines the evidence for and against this theory.

Contributors

Unknown:
Prince John Loewenstein

('La Ville dont le Prince est un Enfant ')
A play in three acts by Henry de Montherlant
Translated by Henry Reed
Produced by Archie Campbell
The action takes place in the present day in the Auteuil district of Paris at a Catholic boarding-school for boys towards the end of March.
ACTS 1 and 2—Interval—ACT 3
DURING THE INTERVAL (9.25-9.35 app.): Andante for string orchestra (Jolivet): played by 1'Orchestre d.u Theatre des Champs-Elysees, conducted by Ernest Bour : on a gramophone record

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry De Montherlant
Translated By:
Henry Reed
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Conducted By:
Ernest Bour
Speaker:
Rolf Lefebvre
Abbé de Pradts, head of the Middle Division:
Denholm Elliott
André Sevrais, a senior boy:
Brian Bedford
Serge Souplier, a boy in the Middle Division:
Nicky Edmett
M Habert, supervisor:
Allen Paton
Henriet, another senior boy:
Scot Finch
Abb6 Pradeau de la Halle, Superior of the school:
Carleton Hobbs

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