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OBITUARY,

**À FAMOUS OPERATIC

SINGER.

Sydney, Feb. 2: The

death is announced of Dame Nellie Molbut, the famous Australian operatic singer.

accompaniment.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1931.

CORRESPONDENCE.

London on the Long Wave.

(To The Editor of Hongkong

Telegraph.]

Sir-Perhaps the following will interest some local listeners-In who

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE. SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

The Steamship,

"ATHOS 11" Arrived Hongkong on Tuesday. the 17th February, 1931, From MARSEILLES, &c, Consignees of Cargo by the above hamed steamer aro hereby informed that their goods with the exception of

When sho wad ton she studied music with two Melbourne teachers for four years and then received plano lessons from Mmo. Charbonnet Kellor mann and organ tuition from Mr. Summers. Her voice by that time had given indications of its later purity and flexibility, and her vocal training was begun at the Presbyterian Ladies' College which alto

was attending, She than Later. Hang In the choir of St. Francis' are not able usually to sit up into

Cathedral, Melbourne, and Dame Melba died vory penco-it fully in nursing home at 6 p.m. local concerts as Mrs. Armstrong, the small hours of the morning to in the presence of members of her for she bad married Capt. Arm- get programmes from the short

Oplam, Treasure and Valuables are family, while a few friends, in-strong, the son of an Irish baro-wave atation at Chelmsford.

being fanded and placed at their cluding the famous flautist, Lom-net. In 1884 she sang at a con-

On Sunday morning lost at about rink in the Godowns of the Hongkong mone, accompanist to Dame Melba, Cort given by the Melbourne Lle-

that five o'clock the London Regional Kowloon wharf and godown Co. Ltd., Buccess dertafel with such

be were nearby.

sho decided to attempt an operatic Station (356. metres) was tuned In Kowloon, whence delivery can

and

went to

on a simple, locally-made set. (Det. obtained on the goods are Innded. Dame Melba Was taken

in England [11 carcer aboard the liner Cathay, en routs London with an introduction to and 2 L.F.) belonging to Mr. H. P. Goods not cleared within 7 days

For tho Peak.

two including date of arrival, will be to Australia, and was sent to Wilhelm Ganz who on hearing hor Leaver, of

the subject to rent On

the hospital in Melbourne on October sing arranged for her to appear at hours or so, fair volume 10. She improved, and so was a concert at the Prince's Hall at loudspeaker was obtained, nilowed to leave hospital, but had which he was conducting the or- quality of reception being excellent In the entire absence of atmos- 26, and chestra... on January A relapse

pherica. A concert

heard, went to hospital in Sydney with

Her father was appointed

Paris Ex-followed by the Regional News, skin infection. The doctors were commissioner to the most reticent with regard to her hibition and, taking her with him, and subsequently a programme

the Mayfair condition, as Dame Melba insisted he pinced her under the care of Dance Musle from on reading the newspapers con-Mme. Muthilde Marchcal. After Hotel. Reception faded considerably taining bulletins as to her condi- studying some of the big operatle about a quarter past seven o'clock, parts for a year she made her do- but was held until nearly eight. tion-Reuter.

bul na Gilda in "Rigoletto" at the when Morse interference occurred. [Dame Molba, the famous prima Theatre de la Monnale in Brussels.

Such reception may be unusual, donnn, whose real name is Helen assuming the stage name of Melba.) but there are possibly set-owners

ae brilliant born Porter Mitchell,

Ifer success was Melbourne from which she took it was instantaneous, and she also in the Colony who are keen enough 品线 Lakme Violetta, on getting London to try to pull it her stage title. The daughter of

appeared

WAR

in

Wis

of

and

4 Scottish settler, she was from Ophelie and Lucia. In the same in on the long wave when the short- baby hood it keen musician and at your Sir Augustus Harris engaged wave station lo not available the age of three she began to re- her for the Italian opera season when there is no work to go to calvo piano lessons from her at Covent Garden and in 1888 she after breakfast. mother who was of Spanish origin. made her first London appearance The location on the condenser Hier Arst public appearance as an "Lucia di Lammermoor," again data is almost exactly as for the singer was at the early age of six with great success.

reception of Bombay. when she gave two little ballads After an engagement at Brus- at a church concert to her own sels she went to Paris where she

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ST. PETER'S CHURCH GROUP VISIT INDUSTRIAL HOME.

On Saturday afternoon, at 3 p.m., Romo 18 members and friends of the studied. Ambroise Thomas's opera St. Peter's Church Group of the "Hamlet," in which she made her Victoria Diocesan and Missionary the Opera. She then Association gathered at Blake Pier worked at "Romeo and Juliet" where a special bus was in waiting to convey then their nunual Gounod and ander its composer song in it at Covent Gardon with visit to the Blind Home at Pok- Jean de Reszke in June, 1839. [alan. During the winter she was the favourite prima donna of the sea. Ron in Paris, singing the parts of Marguerite, Juliet, Ophelie, Lucin and Gilde.

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of this the girls were presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival here, after which date they cannot be dress and a tin of biscuits each,

very recognized. the whole of which making a acceptable New Year's gift,

She also sang with great nuc cess in Russia, Sweden, Italy and Holland. She has appeared by command before many Royalties

Readers will remember that in and has been the recipient of a large number of decorations, September last, through the medium hen of this paper, the notion of the Her greatest triumph was when she returned to Australia In 1903 bublin wan drawn in connexion with the Annual Outing for the 60 or so and was feted by the Government and the people, publicly received inmates of the Home as the result

ners and other functions. her most notable concerts was at the newly discovered Coolgardie gold-fields where the minere gave her a characteristically hearty wel-

the

dress materials and the ting of bis- cuite,

at the girls' request, for them.

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come.

For years she was the most popular prima donna at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, where in the part of Mimi In "La Boheme" as well as in her earlier roles ahe was unsurpassed.

Melba, whose marriage was dis- solved in 1990, is a Lady of Grace of St. John of Jerusalem. For her war work she received in 1919 the title of Dame of the British Empire. In 1925 she took a leal ing part in arranging a beneft performance for another great Hinger, Albani. In the

The members of the St. Peter's Group wish to take this uppertunity to thank all concomed in their sympathetic and generous assistance towards the really great needs of these noor unfortunato women nud

·girls-- Contributed.

autumn of that year it was au nounced that she would make her arewell appearance at the Covert Garden Opera in the summer 1926.

of

Since that time little has been beard of Dame Maiba, until her Inte recent illness.)

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