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Centennial roundabout. 1950-11-28. No. 16

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Year
1950
Reference
1241
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1950
Reference
1241
Media type
Audio
Series
D series, ca. 1935-1950s.
Duration
00:20:28
Broadcast Date
28 Nov 1950
Credits
RNZ Collection
Clarkson, Dave, Commentator
Kilbracken, John Raymond Godley, Baron, 1920-2006, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Reid, Jim, Speaker/Kaikōrero
STOKES, Alex, Commentator
Sutton, W. A. (William Alexander) (b.1917, d.2000), Speaker/Kaikōrero
New Zealand Broadcasting Service (estab. 1946, closed 1962), Broadcaster

3YA Centennial Roundabout No.16. A review of events marking the Canterbury Centennial.

1. Camphor wins New Zealand Pacing Championship from Lord Kilbracken - commentator David Clarkson at the race course.
2. Jim Reid describes progress at Christchurch's Centennial Swimming Pool and 1929 New Zealand 200 yards title holder Alex Stokes comments.
3. Artist, Mr W.A. Sutton describes an exhibition of English paintings at the McDougall Art Gallery. It includes contemporary works by Walter Sickert, Harold Gilman, Spencer Gore, Francis Hodgkins and Paul Nash. He explains impressionism to the listener, then offers some advice on how to view more modern paintings.