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ABC weekly / Australian Broadcasting Commission

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N 059.44 AUS
Created/Published
Sydney : ABC, 1939-1959
Issue
Vol. 2 No. 49 (7 December 1940)
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Contents

THE ABC WEEKLY 1
Advertising 2
FEATURES. THE ABC WEEKLY 3
ABC Xmas Features and New Year Programmes 3
AUSTRALIA ON THE AIR 4 , 5
Advertising 5
Presenting Noel Coward, Radio Producer Caught by our "Candid Cameraman" 6
RANDOLPH BEDFORD HITS AGAIN 6
Schoolboys have their say about ADOLF HITLER 7
PICKED UP 8
We’ve been stupid and blind, but now we see daylight 9
A.B.C.’s Laughing Kookaburra Gathers World Friends 10
B.B.C. Short-Wave Broadcasters 10
Why blame the Politician? 11
Radio Anniversary 12
Advertising 12
TWIN THEMES OF THE CARDUS SONATA 12
CANTEEN CAPERS 13
Advertising 13
WORLD WAGS 14
MR. TUTT Remote control 14
LONDON THAT FEW PEOPLE KNOW 15
PEP FOR XMAS PARTIES 16
That's Cricket, Sir! 17 , 18
SOMETHING WORTH FIGHTING FOR 18
All The PROGRAMMES 19
SZIGETI TO PLAY FOR A.B.C. 20
Advertising 20
Radio Picture Parade 21
B.B.C. Talks Worth Hearing 21
Round the Clock with the Short-wave Receiver 22 , 23
WHO’S WHO in the Programmes 23
SUNDAY DETAILS OF HIGHLIGHTS IN TO-DAY’S A B C PROGRAMMES 24 , 25
MONDAY DETAILS OF HIGHLIGHTS IN TO-DAY’S A B C PROGRAMMES 26 , 27
TUESDAY DETAILS OF HIGHLIGHTS IN TO-DAY’S A B C PROGRAMMES 28 , 29
WEDNESDAY DETAILS OF HIGHLIGHTS IN TO-DAY’S A B C PROGRAMMES 30 , 31
THURSDAY DETAILS OF HIGHLIGHTS IN TO-DAY’S A B C PROGRAMMES 32 , 33
FRIDAY DETAILS OF HIGHLIGHTS IN TO-DAY’S A B C PROGRAMMES 34 , 35
Advertising 34 , 35
SATURDAY DETAILS OF HIGHLIGHTS IN TO-DAY’S A B C PROGRAMMES 36 , 37
Advertising 36
COUNTRY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK, DECEMBER 8-14 38 , 39
A B C Victoria 3LO 39
Australian Short Wave 39
PLAYS OF THE AIR Exhaustive Record of Australian Drama 40
Advertising 40
A Wild Night FOR MR. WALKER 41 , 42 , 43
DEFINITIONS More Prize-winning Entries 43
Pages for Women : Edited by Ernestine Hill Santa Claus in khaki and blue 44
XMAS PUDDING RECIPE 44
Choosing a Career For a Girl 45
Looking over 1000 YEARS in a day 46
Advertising 46
SILVER DOOR TO SAVING 46
WAVE-LENGTHS 47
Advertising 48
"There'll always be an England" while— British Women Live 48
France will never forget the Diggers Diggers 49
AUSTRALIA’S MATRON-IN-CHIEF 49
Advertising 50
THIS WEEK’S MUSIC Four Modern English. Compositions 51
SCIENCE in the NEWS 52
NEWS QUIZ 52
MATILDA IN ENGLAND 53
TIT-BITS from the TALKS 53
I'll Bet You ! 53
ASK and be answered 54
Advertising 54
Other Preople’s Letters Adventures in chess 54
Doesn’t miss Jim Davidson 54
Abhors horror 54
Radio interviews 54
Szigeti’s visit 54
Cricket thrill 54
Adventures in Art 54
Crier By Night 54
Voice of experience 54
Advertising 55 , 56

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THE  

ABC  

WEEKLY  

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Makes cricket interesting to musicians  

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the A.B.C. National programmes. See  

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