MELBA SCHOLARSHIP
dominion elimination contest WON BY TIMARU SOPRANO (P.A.) WELLINGTON, August 31. The Timaru soprano, Miss Ann Campbell, won the New Zealand elimination contest for the Nellie Melba Scholarship which concluded to-night at the Wellington competitions. With. Miss Shirley-Austin Turtle of Wellington, she sang in the final. , ■" The singing of both competitors was flawless," said the adjudicator, Mr John T.-Leech, of Dunedin. Both had all the requirements, but Miss Camphell had a bigger voice and a bettervoice. . v '
■"■" Miss Campbell will be granted a bursary to go to Melbourne as the New Zealand representative • in the Melba scholarship. The Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon.. P. Fraser, -was present, and congratulated the winner and the other competitors. . ' , ''•' tThe Dunedin representative in th« final was Miss Valda McCracken.J
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Evening Star, Issue 25577, 1 September 1945, Page 6
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127MELBA SCHOLARSHIP Evening Star, Issue 25577, 1 September 1945, Page 6
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