The 2YA Mystery Solo

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 41, 24 April 1930, Page 5

The 2YA Mystery Solo

An Interesting Test "THE mystery mezzo-soprano solo, @ recorded number, was broudcast from 2YA on the evening of the 7th instant, and for several days thereafter letters reached the studio from listen: _ers who believed they had been able to identify the singer. As was announced prior to the broadcast of this number, the singer was a mezzo-soprano well known in Wellington. Strangely enough, of all those who sent in "solutions," only one-Mr. J. T. Delaney, of 66 Raroa Road, Kelburncorrectly identified the vocaliste as Miss Millicent Knight. Quite a number thought the singer was Mrs, Wilfred Andrews, an equal number sent in the name of Miss Mavis Castle, several selected Mrs. Albert Russell, while the "pick" of the others included Mrs. B. B. Wood, Mrs. Wilman, Miss Ngaire Coster, Miss E. Tapley, Miss Molly Fenton, Miss Hilda Chudley, Miss Annie Sullivan and Miss Gwen Shepherd. Attempts to identify the singer were made by listeners resident in Wellington and the adjoining districts, Masterton, Wanganui, Blenheim, Greymouth and Cromwell (Otago). Miss Millicent Knight, who is a daughter of Mr. Willoughby Knight, late of Lower Hutt, is now living in Liverpool, Hngland, with her husband, Mr. Ernest Irving. She was well known on the concert platform in Wellington and other centres in New Zealand, and has made several successful appearances during her residence in the Old Country. Messrs. Bannatyne and Hunter, distributors for Columbia records, to whom 2YA was indebted for the mystery record, sent a congratulatory token to Mr. Delaney.