23 Aug 2015

Sounds Historical for 23 August 2015 (Part 1)

From Sounds Historical, 8:05 pm on 23 August 2015

The Death of poet and crusader Jessie McKay, 23 August 1938. #From the Back Country. A 1992 episode exploring aspects of farming in Taranaki #Small Businesses in the Provinces Twenty Years Ago. Nick Rosenberg explores the work of two South Canterbury firms, Cyclemakers (now closed) and Annett and Darling (still thriving as Andar), sheep scour plant manufacturers #War Report : Gunner Leonard Leary recalls what conditions were like on the Gallipoli Heights in August 1915. And news of New Zelanders interned in Germany from the start of war - among them olympic rowing coach Tom Sullivan.