MELBA ON THE AIR

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 47, 8 June 1928, Page 14

MELBA ON THE AIR

UNFORTUNATE LAND LINE BREAKS TEST FOR LISTENERS. O* Wednesday evening, May 30, New Zealand listeners who were "hold ing" 3LO, Melbourne, or 2FC, Sydney, were treated to vocal items by the world-famed Dame Nellie Melba. It appears that Dame Melba was singing at a concert given in the Lillydale (Victoria) Shire Hall, in aid of the Melba Park at Lillydale. A landline ran from the hall to 3L0, Melbourne, which was connected by another land-line with 2FC, Sydney. Unfortunately the land-line between Lillydale and 8LO, Melbourne, suffered several breaks, and although some of Melba’s items managed to get through the breaks became so bad that eventually the relay had to be abandoned. In Wellington the relay from 29I0, Sydney came through much louder than that of 3L0, Melbourne. Among the performers heard at the Melba concert during the relay was Mr. Jobn Lemmone, the famous flautist. Melba’s voice was at times loud and clear, and in an operatic aria she was heard at her best. Melba’s home is at Lillydale, where the concert was given.