MUSICAL PEER.
Lord Lurgan To Sing For
Melba Memorial.
CONCERTS IN AUSTRALIA.
(Received 11 a.m.)
SYDNEY, this day.
The visiting baritone, Lord Lurgan, announced his intention of devoting the whole of the proceeds of his broadcast and other concerts in Australia to a memorial to the late Dame Nellie Melba.
Lord Lurgan said that he had known Dame Melba from childhood and that she gave him a good start when he took up singing professionally. She was a great friend of his grandparents, Lord and Lady Cadogan.
The Melba Memorial will be erected in Sydney.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 192, 16 August 1939, Page 9
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