ABC weekly / Australian Broadcasting Commission

Call Number
N 059.44 AUS
Created/Published
Sydney : ABC, 1939-1959
Issue
Vol. 2 No. 18 (4 May 1940)
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Contents

THE A B C WEEKLY 1
Advertising 2
Come and Be Newstested! What Do You Know? What Do You Think? What Do You Remember? 3
Information, please! 4
CHURCHILL— Man of Destiny? 5
Scandinavian Scene 6 , 7
WORLD WAGS 8
Bairnsfather's Old Bill 9
PICKED UP ON THE AIR 10
Hot plates for happiness 10
A Library For a Fiver 11 , 12
HUMOUR 12
I Don’t Agree With The Watchman 12
HELLO AUSTRALIA The Tale of Timor Joe 13
Observationsby THE WATCHMAN Empires—and Empires 14
Service on the Home Front 14
SCIENCE AND MEDICINE Television Planes as Startling New War Weapon 15
THIN AIR 16 , 66
The ABC Weekly 17
Radio Review and PROGRAMME SECTION 17
BEECHAM’S FINAL LONDON CONCERT 18
WHO IS GREY FACE ? 18
Our Cover Picture GLADYS MONCRIEFF’S EARLY DAYS 18 , 54
A.B.C. UNIT FOR A.I.F. LEAVES IN JUNE 19
EMPIRE YOUTH SUNDAY 19
News From The Commercial Stations Australian Feature For Canada and U.S.A. 20
Advertising 20
NEW LAUGH SHOW 20 , 21
Under The Spreading Chestnut Tree 21
What's On The Air 22
BEECHAM’S FAREWELL TO HIS ORCHESTRA 22
BENNY’S BUND BOTHER 23
Advertising 23 , 24
STATE FEATURES 24 , 54
PUBLIC CONCERTS THIS WEEK 24
Highlights of The Week 25
NEWS IN FULL 25
SUNDAY-May 5 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30
PLAYS OF THE AIR The Two Shepherds 27
Advertising 27
Australian Short Wave 30
EXPLAINING “ECHO" 30
MONDAY-May 6 31 , 32 , 33 , 34
Australian Short Wave 34
TUESDAY-May 7 35 , 36 , 37 , 38
No title 35
Australian Short Wave 38
WEDNESDAY-May 8 39 , 40 , 41 , 42
DEATH in the HAND 39
Australian Short Wave 42
THURSDAY—May 9 43 , 44 , 45 , 46
COMMUNITY SYMPHONY CONCERT 43
Australian Short Wave 46
FRIDAY—May 10 47 , 48 , 49 , 50
Australian Short Wave 50
SATURDAY-May 11 51 , 52 , 53 , 54
GLADYS MONCRIEFF 51
Australian Short Wave 54
Eligabeth's PAGE FOR THE CHILDREN 55
Hey, artists! 55
Laugh of the week 55
NATIONAL CHILDREN'S SESSIONS 55
SHORT WAVE NOTES 56
BELOW 20 METRES 56
Newstests How to go About It 57 , 58 , 59 , 60
Are Babies People? 61
ONE IN A HUNDRED 61
Aboriginal Women —Sacred and Profane 62
MR. TUTT Not So Hot 62
A Letter from Home 63
Cinderella City Has Now Grown Up Mainly Abont WOMEN 64 , 65
JUST A MOMENT 64
Points From ABC Talks 65
London Letter Evacuation Not Popular 66
At the Sign of the Children’s Club 67
I'll Bet you! 67
Jim Donald's PAGE OF SPORT The Bloke from Boggabri 68
RACING May the Best Horse Lose! 69
Other People's Letters Ranting 70
Science talks 70
Economics and Finance 70
Queensland regional 70
It's no joke 70
Full opera, please! 70
NATURE STUDY 70
Annotations 70
Hey nonny nonny 70
Social Credit 70
Right of reply 70
Advertising 71 , 72

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