NEW ZEALANDERS IN LONDON

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 89, 14 April 1923, Page 14

NEW ZEALANDERS IN LONDON

TALK WITH DORA WILCOX.

Now Zealanders, sad to say. do not take that interest in their own to!K wlio leave the Dominion that they should. Australians never lose touch with those who have made the name of j Australia famous in other lands, ami : Americana nut only "boost" all their own, but often lay claim to otner nations' children. Not so New Zeiilanders. They yet have to learn that pride of birth which builds a nation, i" , n short talk with a returned Now Zealander, Mrs. llameiius. who left her native land many years ago and became . the wife of a Belgian proiessor, and is . known to fame as Dora Wileox, the New Zealand poetess, referred to the success attained by some of the sons and daughters of the Dominion who are at ■ present working in , London. Miss ' Kvelyn Isitt, formerly a Wellington journalist and daughter of the late Rev, Frank Isitt, is at present in a very | ! responsible position in London as the | I representative of the "Manchester j j Guardian," one of England's most solid | I journals, which maintains a London office as well as its headquarters in Manchester. Miss Isitt has succeeded admirably in the keenest literary competition in the world, and holds her own with the best. Another writer, wiio was formerly an Aucklander. is Miss Jessie Weston. j who writes as "C de Thervy," mainly in I the "Onlooker." , and who has made a literary success. Mrs. Ilamelius has ! just received the news that Miss : Weston bus returned to Australia , recently and was married at Adelaide on • the 7th of February to a gentleman i from Melbourne. Ohristehurch claims the honour of Stella Murray, who has been living and studying with Madame Melba in the south of France, and for whom Mrs. lianielius prophesies a great career. Miss Murray is a contralto with a very line voice, and what is always needed for a big success, a very fine intellect also. Mrs. Hamelius was present at the concert giver, in the 'VVigmore Hall when Miss Murray sang and Miss Vera Moore, of Auckland, played. The hall was packed, and would-be patrons were turned away. Both performers received an ovation. Turning to the other art. J the art of painting, in which Mrs. , Hamelius is specially interested from an intellectual point ol view, she mentioned David Low. of Christcliureh, who married an Auckland girl, and is cartoonist on the "Evening Star -, in London. Mrs. Hamelius states that David Low, who possesses a fine intellect, is neknoTriedgca the bost political cartoonist at present working in London. Raymond Mclntyre is another Xew Zealander who left his native land years ago and made a home in London. He is painting portraits successfully and exhibiting in various galleries, and recently exhibited a very , impressive picture in the Ooupil Galleries where Mr. Fred Hellaby. who has ; returned to his native town, Auckland, was also represented by what Mrs. Hamelius describes as a very fine picture, a "View of Amersham,"' which was ! I sold. Mr. Hellaby has made a study of i snow eflec'ts in Switzerland, of which [ London critics speak in high praise.