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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 24, 1964
Page
2
A Times weekly feature follows a bridge hand where West and South debate line choices. Fast overtakes a heart to assist partner as the club line and heart signals play out. Declarer tests defenses with spades while West weighs whether to shift suits despite a strong looking clubs sequence.
Scene from a modern transcription of a medieval music drama in the crypt of St. Marys Cathedral Sydney. ABC television will televise the program on ABC-3 at 8 30 p m tomorrow.
Sir Robert Helpmann announced plans for the Australian Ballet to perform Yugen in Adelaide and Covent Garden London. The new ballet fuses No theatre with European technique, featuring music by Japan’s Yaso Toyama and staged rehearsals in Melbourne ahead of international dates.
An editorial digest cites Sir Alan Herbert and Worthington arguing over library fees for writers. The London Evening Standard reports on calls to fund authors via public or private patrons and the risk to artistic freedom if subsidies and regulations dominate publishing.
A listing of daily radio programming from early morning to midnight featuring news segments, religious services, and a string of Christmas music. Highlights include Handel’s Messiah at 8:48 am, Eric Jupp and Orchestra, Michel Legrand’s choir pieces, and Mother Church programs. The schedule runs with intervals of news and varied concert pieces, ending with the Christmas Message and a close at 12:07.
A dense list of radio program segments spans Morning Melody to Christmas Mass and Divine Service. Entries reference Morning Melody broadcasts, Newsreel, hospital and church services, and various symphony hour slots with multiple names and times. The schedule covers Christmas season programming, including opera highlights and religious services across Australian and Sydney University contexts.
A dense listing of programs from Frankie Avalon to Karl, with multiple film titles, documentaries, and children's shows. Notable entries include The Queen's Christmas Message, Christmas Through the Ages, and The Sound of Music, interspersed with weather updates and late news bulletins.
Radio 204 will air a special taped recording of Handel's Messiah starting at 7 45 am and ending at 8 15 am tomorrow. The tape, received from the United States, features The Messiah and Independence Missouri. Special Christmas programmes will be broadcast throughout the day.
Hollywood reports Liberace again wins the Christmas Card Colour Derby with a card showing him at a gold and white piano wearing a pale lavender and white beaded suit with lace cuffs and striped socks. Other celebrities like George Shearing and Rock Hudson sent festive greetings featuring holiday themes and pine, holly, and biblical imagery.
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