SCOTTISH COMEDIAN
VISIT TO AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND LATER LONDON, Nov. n Sir Harry Lauder, the noted Scottish comedian, will leave for Australia in the Narkunda to-morrow with his sister. Miss Greta Lauder. " Australia is the land for me," said Sir Harry, quoting a line of a song written by himself, when asked the reason for his visit. " It will be the first real holiday of mv life. I am determined to refuse all offers of stage appearances. however tempting. " 1 hope to get a lot of sunshine and to cure the persistent neuritis which has crippled my right arm. shoulder and hand since I had a fall, three years ago. " I do not like any place in the world as much as Australia, except Scotland, and 1 love the climate, the people, the birds and the animals." Sir Harry will leave the ship at f remantle and travel to Melbourne by the transcontinental railway. He will spend two nights in Melbourne and Sydney. He will spend Christmas with his brother, Mr. Jock H. Lauder, at Newcastle. Sir Harry will go to New Zealand at the end of January for three months' fishing.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22579, 18 November 1936, Page 13
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