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DALE COLLINS IN N.Z. AN INTERESTING VOYAGE (t'er Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The Australian author, Air. Dale Collins, together with Mrs. Collins, arrived Ht> Wellington on the City ot Delhi. LSoi.it aro ißcluucitlly members of the i.ruiv, Air. Collins being assistant steward, and Airs. Collins stewardess, oji tueir stewardship is almost theoretical, and both give a pleasant account ot it.
The Qyty of Delhi takes them into many corners of the world, and Air. Coltins, in a .well equipped stateroom, is nnsily engaged writ mg short storms. He is still a young man. He began bis career as a s|u ~ial writer on tno Melbourne Herald. He was invited 10 years ago 10 w me the story ot the cruise or a private yacht, the Spec jacks, and after the publication or Sea liiieis of Hie "SpeejacKs,” he wrote the novels, “Ordeal,” "The Haven,”' “The Sentimentalists.'' “Vanity under the Sun,” ■‘ldolaters.” and his. last “Rich and Strange,” which has. not yet reached New Zealand "Utrh and Si range” is being filmed by British International Films. Other works have been placed on- (lie su'ccn by American companies.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17452, 29 December 1930, Page 7
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