Success In Australia BETTY WELCH IN RADIO
ROM Taupiri, in the Waikato, Betty Welch (above), went to Australia to make a success of a venture into.the world of radio. Now her voice comes back to New Zealand, on records, in serials and features well known to New Zealand listeners. The adult championship was hers at the Sydney Eisteddfod last August, and she won a radio contest in a strong field of 68 entrants. The competition covered speech through the microphone, drama, comedy, advertising announcing, news sight-reading, impromptu speaking. With this behind her, Miss Welch accepted a contract with the George Edwards Company. She was Amelia in " Vanity Fair," Queen Mary in "The Birth of the British Nation," the name part in " The Woman in White," Ursula Debrett in "Dad and Dave," and the wife of Clive in. "Clive of India," which had Warren Barry, of Wellington, as Clive,
She is eighteen years of age. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Welch, have lived in the Waikato for sixteen years, but Betty was born at Lyall Bay, Wellington,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 38, 15 March 1940, Page 12
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178Success In Australia BETTY WELCH IN RADIO New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 38, 15 March 1940, Page 12
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