ABC weekly / Australian Broadcasting Commission

Call Number
N 059.44 AUS
Created/Published
Sydney : ABC, 1939-1959
Issue
Vol. 1 No. 4 (23 December 1939)
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Contents

The ABC Weekly 1
Advertising 2 , 3
The ABC Weekly 3
CONTENT 3
Advertising 3
OTHER PEOPLE’S LETTERS Pointing the bone 4
Can’t fail 4
Condemnation 4
Commendation 4
News noises 4
Dirge-like chimes 4
Progressive 4
Thing of shreds and patches 4
A credit 4
Can’t spell 4
Asked for 4
Bursting point 4 , 6
Joke lost 6
Children’s section 6
U.S.A. speeches 6
Half-inked 6
Plays 6
A poor thing 6
Coloured cover wanted 6
“As ye sow” 6
The dark watches 6
War-and Peace 6
Advertising 5 , 6
Editorial Introductions 7
Hello, Australia 8 , 9
Haunting Tales of a Mystic Race 10
Bairnsfather's Old Bill 11
Twilight in the Balkans 12 , 13
Current Opinion 14
Practising Their Christmas Carols 15
Picked Up On The Air 16 , 17
One Big Europe? WORLD AFFAIRS 18 , 19
WORLD WAGS 20 , 21
Mr. Tutt Hummer-Locked! 20
Advertising 21
Zombies to Cure War Nerves 22
At Home A JIM RUSSELL Feature 23
Wind Sand and Stars 24 , 25
Odds and Ends 25
SELECTED BOOKS 26
BAYONET AND BOOMERANG—ON GUARD 27
Tales of Great Singers 28
HERE'S A TESTED RECIPE FOR A Christmas Cake 28
The STORY OF SANTA CLAUS 29
MAINLY ABOOT WOMEN 30
Even Toyland Is Mobilised 31
The Price By H. DRAKE-BROCKMAN 32 , 33 , 34
Advertising 35
Science and Medicine 35
THE MUSIC PAGE An Analysis of Absolute and Programme Music 36 , 37
Random Bits About Music 37
Women In War 38
JUST A MOMENT 38
Little Stories of REAL LIFE 38
FINDING THEIR MARK 39
A MIXED BAG OF CHRISTMANS JESTS 40 , 41
What's that Bird? 42
TEASERS 42 , 46
THE ABC WEEKLY CROSSWORD 42 , 46
RATS 43
Jim Donald's Page Of Sport 44 , 45
Over the Fence 44
Household Guide 45
DONT ARGUE 45 , 46
Chemically Fit to Win 46
PROGRAMME SECTION Highlights Of The Week 47
The ABC’s Big Plans for 1940 48 , 49
OFF THE RECORD 49
Choose for Yourself 49
What's On The Ais 50 , 51
Advertising 51
SUNDAY ABC NATIONAL 52 , 53 , 54 , 55
Advertising 52 , 55
MONDAY ABC NATIONAL 56 , 57 , 58 , 59
Advertising 56
Interstate Commercial 59
TUESDAY ABC NATIONAL 60 , 61 , 62 , 63
Advertising 60 , 63
WEDNESDAY ABC NATIONAL 64 , 65 , 66 , 67
Advertising 64
Evening Sessions of Interstate Commercial Broadcasters 67
THURSDAY ABC NATIONAL 68 , 69 , 70 , 71
Advertising 68
Spotlight on Announcer 71
FRIDAY ABC NATIONAL 72 , 73 , 74 , 75
Advertising 72
Blazed Trail For Dance Bands : FERDIE GROFE 75
Who’ll bell the Cat? 75
Makes Them Yearn 75
SATURDAY ABC NATIONAL 76 , 77 , 78
Advertising 76 , 79 , 80

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