Melba Will Be a “School Ma'a

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 253, 16 January 1928, Page 8

Melba Will Be a “School Ma'a

DIVA I EN ROUTE TO HtyLJI N.Z. TOUrTwui^l There will be no well" farewells for rwT* \S Melba. That is—only just .g. The Dame, who arrive land this morning tn 'VS Honolulu, explained thus; “You see, I other place a farewell*?**■ that New Zealand shouMwI 1 too. I love the eountry****|M TAAME NELLIE was in form, though she did fl kindly to Auckland’s reception as she stood obilMS the liner waiting to Pass . . Just a short rest at ® diva explained, before 1 her duties as “school C. Williamsons’. Melba teaching school* “Well, not exactly teachi*. I added the Dame, “bnt chorus through their opera season in March, itlj J? IMti erally be acting in an adrW'Bl pacity. . . . No. I shall not just giving them the IsuTW experience.” This season, she conunejM |J be the "greatest thing tralia had ever known,” eclipse the 1924 ProdnctloiaTvHi Nellie was particularly pieaM *ll' the chorus and remarked heard many beautiful voice, -|f - KEEN ON JAZZ Crossing the Tasman. M.iv, n it keen on the dance as the I per on the Niagara, intenp*«w jw with her favourite exercise dxfll niing. Melba and Old Man Jin the best of terms. " “ “I feei exactly 181” ded». H THE VOICE with thnt directs 111 surance for which Mslk> i famous. As to future plans, tbs )na, Soug stated that she has ‘hfe.. retired.” There is no dsibt d>i that. Melba said so herself. i grand opera season, which it few to open with “Turandof- (tnsral viously produced in . March, the diva will trip Homn Yes, the New Zealand tear certainly take place. If shrUg made arrangements with WlSaas she would have been in the Date this month. As it is, thetrfißt postponed for a few monthly NO PHOTOGRAPHERS! Melba does not like photigmts Pulling the collar of he- qfa coat tightly around her timet, la' Nellie, with “the hfc eye. said; “No photographs!” The Melba look was inOded.