Miss N.Z. to “Wed” Sailor To-Morrow

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 395, 2 July 1928, Page 14

Miss N.Z. to “Wed” Sailor To-Morrow

Bluejackets Stage Realistic Rescue BOARDERS WITH CUTLASSES To-morrow, Miss Dale Austen, known throughout the Dominion as “Miss New Zealand,” is to be led to the altar—at the behest of the movie director. At the Devonport Presbyterian Church she will stand beside Cecil Scott, late of J. C. Williamson, Ltd., who will be resplendent in the uniform of a naval officer. The wedding, in fact, is to be a naval affair. A “drag” party from H.M.S. Dunedin has been specially arranged for the purpose.

Although Dale Austen will murmur “I will,” it will only be in a scene for “The Bush Cinderella.” The Dunedin girl has no real intention of promising to “love, honour, and obey.” Neither will the fervent vows of Cecil Scott bo in the least binding. When Mr. Rudall

Hayward Avas informed by the Naval Office in Wellington on Saturday that the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy would co-operate in the making of this entirely New Zealand film, he lost no time in calling upon the personnel of H.M.S. Dunedin for assistance. The lads in blue took part yesterday afternoon in “rescuing” Miss Austen from a tramp steamer in the harbour, placed at the disposal of Mr. Hayward’s studio by the Union Steam Ship Company. A party of 14 seamen, part of the crew of the Tekoa, now in port, assumed the defensive, and resisted the naval boarding party who, cutlasses in hand, made the fight more than willing. So realistic Avas the action of the naval men that one seaman was knocked out, and another suffered the loss of two teeth. Their next duty will be to drag “Miss New Zealand” from the Devonport Church, folloAving to-morrow’s engagement with Mr. Scott.