NOTABLE PEOPLE

Hokitika Guardian, 25 February 1932, Page 8

NOTABLE PEOPLE

MARIPOSA’S CRUISE OF PACIFIC, MARIPOR’S CRUISE OK PACIFIC (By Telegraph—Per Press Association > AUCKLAND, Feb. 24. Among many well-known people who arrived at Auckland by the special luxury liner Mariposa on Saturday wore Rudolph Friml, composer of “Rose Mario”; -Miss Marion Carstairs, the woman racing driver; and Mr Harold M. Hackett, former American Davis Cup representative. Tiie Mariposa has 3b6 passengers on board, many of whom left soon after their arrival for Rotorua, by special train. The exeutive heads of General Motors Ltd., who were on board chartered a special train to Wellington, and returned last evening.

MAKING A “WORLD SYMPHONY

Thy composer of “Rose Marie’ ’and

“The Vagabond King”, Rudolph Kriml saw Auckland for the first time when he arrived by the luxury liner. Mr Kriml, who is single, is on a world tour. He is at present- under contract to United Artists Pictures Ltd., and with him he carries two miniature movie cameras. His plan is to make moving pictures of the most interesting spots wherever he goes, and when he returns to Hollywood he will compost' music to suit his pictures. The result, he says, will he a “Round the World Symphony.” He has insured his fingers and thumbs for five thousand dollars. WOMAN RACING DRIVER. The racing driver and pilot of speed-boats, Miss Marion Carstairs is one of the young women who have led women’s invasion into the realms of dangerous sports. Although she is aboard the Mariposa purely for a pleasure trip, she is even now turning over schemes for a faster and more powerful speedboat to beat therecord of 111 miles an hour put up bv Gar Wood.

For three years -Miss Carstairs held the world’ record for one litre and a half cars, but she has recently been more concerned with speedboats, which she builds at her own sheds on the Isle of Wright. She has been three times across the Atlantic to race against Americans, but l as been unlucky each time. TENNIS CHAMPIONS. Will Elsworth Vines, the present, national tennis champion of America, develop into a second Tildcn ? Harold H. Hackett of New York, a former American Davis Cup representative, thinks he will tor the reason that he plays an all-court- game, just as Tildcn did. Mr Hackett, who, with his wife, is doing the round trip in the Mariposa, represented America in the Davis Cun contests for three years in 19089 and 1913. In 1907-8-9-10 Mr Hackett was the national doubles’ champion of America with F. 1\ Alexander. “Vines is only a hoy, not more than twenty,” said Mr Hackett, ‘taut he is more like Tildcn than any player I have ever seQti. His courtcrnft is perfect. America looks to Vines as the most likely man to bring the Davis Cup hack. His doubles partner is a boy named Gledhiil. about the same age! They are a brilliant pair. Until last ’year Vines was ranked number seven in America, but now, after winning tin' title, he is first string. America would make a great hid for the Davis Clip. ’