Beyond the Pale
Y chance I was able to hear the last | of the talks on Thy Servant the Dog by Dorothy Holderness. If the earlier
ones were as good they must have been of high quality. Since 2YZ is not the easiest of stations to hear beyond Hawke’s Bay, I hope we are to have a chance of hearing these talks nationally. In delivery and manner Mrs Holderness is sometimes akin to a Joyce Grenfell, or an Anna Russell even, but her style is ideally suited to her sub-
ject, to which she brings both knowledge and amused affection. With little interest in dogs, particularly the pariah (her subject here), I found myself listening keenly throughout. The speaker is undoubtedly an enthusiast, very well informed, with room in her heart for all dog-comers. She traced the history of the pariah and his kin from earliest times, outlining his anti-social life and /
customs, and dispelling prejudices on her | way. Jackals, dingoes, Maori dogs, and a host of outcasts paraded before us winning our interest and even our sympathy. The speaker convinced us, as she set out to do, that even the pariah has his private feelings. It was a pleasure to find such an unlikely subject so completely
engrossing.
N.L.
M.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 39, Issue 989, 1 August 1958, Page 21
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211Beyond the Pale New Zealand Listener, Volume 39, Issue 989, 1 August 1958, Page 21
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