Personal

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 39, 11 April 1930, Page 7

Personal

MR. A. WALMSLEY. ME. A, WALMSLEY, the Dunedin tenor, who has recently returned to New Zealand from England, where he attained great success as a member of the Carl Rosa Opera Company, will sing on Sunday night at 4YA. His items will be "Deeper and Deeper Still" and the aria "Waft Her, Angels," from "Jepther," by Handel, and O’Hara’s famous "There is No Death." The remainder of the programme will be provided by Miss Molly Vickers and the Kaikorai Band ,whose most interesting items will be "Schubert’s Works," a composition comprising all of Schubert’s most popular works, and a composition of Hnglish part songs by Rimmer. Listeners have a rare treat in store for them on this occasion. Mr. Walmsley is a personal friend of Peter Dawson, of whom he relates an amusing anecdote. Mr. Dawson, it appears, is of no mean size, and in consequence has to regulate his diet for the sake of his artistry. He is extremely fond of cream, which liking he shares with Mr. Walmsley, a true New Zealander. Thus, whenever Mr. Walmsley went to dinner with the Dawsons, Mrs. Dawson was wont to put a small dish of cream on the table. The visits grew more and more frequent-Mr. Peter Dawson ringing up Mr. Walmsley to come to dinner "as he wanted some more cream!"