Sounds Historical for Sunday 30 August 2009
8:11 Today in New Zealand History
30 August 1861 Appointment of St John Branigan to lead Otago police force.
8:16 Stars In Orion (Tilbury)
Phil Tilbury CD Kiwi SLC 253 4'45"
8:23 Otago University song and its beginnings told by Ruth Wylie
Singer Julien van Mellaerts with Anthony Ritchie (keyboard). (Baxter/Lilburn)
8:32 Victor Penny
The story of the wartime inventor of a "death ray". Produced by Justin Gregory.
9:06 As I Remember
Jack's Mill School by Kathleen Baynes of Waimate.
9:12 Gateway to the Plains (Kirk-Burnand)
Woolston Brass Band LP HMV MCLP 6173
9:20 Homework
9:20 From the Back Country
Jack Harre recalls the afternoon teas of his childhood.
9:31 I Come From the Westland (Britten)
Bryan Brake CD Kiwi CD SLD 82 3'49"
9:36 Book of the Week:
How We Saw The War by Ron Palenski
Hodder Moa ISBN9781869711559
Jim Sullivan talks to Ron Palenski about his one-volume history of New Zealand during the Second World War.