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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10571, 24 January 1906, Page 4

Kubelik. the -world-famous violinist, informs M.A. P. that after louring Ame--i rica he hopes to visit Australia, the ' fatherland of Melba. "What a sp londid : woman she is, and how kind!" writes, j' Kubelik. "On the day of my farewell 5 " ! concert m London slie sent me this message, 'If I were not singing I would cer» tamly be among your audience, for there is no one m the world like you. God speed you to Australia.'' All the great artists are the same, and their generosity makes me work harder, and perhaps Some day I, too, shall be among the electa I shall-- visit News' Zealand also, ,liid 'there make a little , holiday to see the great mountains and geysers, and to fish and shoot, and sail through the fiords, 'which I hear are so wonderful." Kubelik is only 25 years old. yet he is already married, and the father of girl Wins." "Our home," he says, "is at Bycher Castle, near Kolin, m Bohemia, and when I recall it, I ponder on Fate's vagaries. Withiij lhe pleasuro-grcunds are gardens ten times as largo as the; little •vegetable patch. at Miclile from which my father won the maintenance for' his wife and family." The elder Kubelik was a market gardener m the suljurbs of ■ Prague.