A New Zealander in Sydney Town

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 835, 2 December 1929, Page 10

A New Zealander in Sydney Town

■ (From our Sydney Correspondent) SYDNEY, November 26. Ambassadors of Goodwill The arrival of the Malolo this week j with her 300 millionaires, every man jan "ambassador” of goodwill. has | eclipsed interest in Mr. Theodore’s ! Budget. The easy-going Australian | has for the moment thrust such 1 thoughts out of his mind. When ! viewing the luxury liner from the i deck of a ferry this evening, as she | lay alongside Circular Quay. I heard many unfavourable comments as to her build. She has a cruiser stern i and other nautical embellishments ■ that one does not usually associate I with a vessel of her class. However, !to me she appeared sufficiently im- | pressive, though the slim lines of. for j instance, the Orford, are 'certainly | more distinctive. Life af Cardinal Moran Dr. Maurice O’Reilly, rector of St. John’s College, within the University of Sydney, returned by the Ville d’Armiens this week. The object of his visit abroad has been to gather material for the writing of the life of Cardinal Moran. Josie Melville Returning Little Josie Melville, known to all as Sally in the musical comedy success of a few years ago, is returning from England early in December to play in “Turned Up,’’ a new J.C.W. production, soon to go into rehearsal. Her work in England was principally confined to the provinces. May Beatty in the Studios May Beatty, the comedienne, writes to say that she lias taken a house in the quaint little Normandy village, one of the show parts of Hollywood. One of the roles she had been discussing with directors, curiously enough, was that of Magnolia in “Hit the Deck.” It would indeed be strange if she also interpreted the talkie version. However, Miss Beatty hoped to be definitely placed in a production within a fortnight of writing, so doubtless, the New Zealander is now hard at work again. Another occupation these days will be the revision of her memoirs, the first portion of which travelled across to America for her on the last trip of the Aorangi. R.A.S. Jubilee Exhibition

One of the most interesting collections of pictures shown in Sydney for many years is now on exhibition at the Blaxland Galleries. Here the Royal Art Society, which the brothers Arthur and George Collingridge founded just half a century ago—without' the prefix “Royal”—have gathered many of the paintings that made their shows famous. Arthur Streeton’s “Cremorne Pastoral,” Tom Robert’s “Golden Fleece,” Sir John Longstaff’s portrait of Henry Lawson, another by Julian Ashton of* Sir Henry Parkes, Frank Mahony’s “Rounding Up a Straggler,” and others equally familiar. The collection is unique. The oldest picture is George Collingridge’s impression of his old house, painted at Berowra in ISB2. The Departing Governor Whoever shall succeed Sir Dudley de Chair as Governor of New South Wales will have an exceedingly difficult tasks. During the five and a-half years that he has represented the King in this State lie has made himself exceedingly popular. Sir Dudley, who is now commencing a series of farewells, told an audience the other day that he had travelled 115,000 miles in the course of his official duties while here. On one occasion he flew 1,400 miles to open a bridge. News of New Zealanders William and Dora Moore are preparing to leave their artistic home at Manly for a sojourn in Melbourne for the approaching holidays. Jean Devanny writes from Cobar, where “the camel trains disappear into the sunset,” or something of‘ the sort, saying that at last she is experiencing the real Australian heat. Sweltering Sydney, as a matter of fact, is quite warm enough for anything at the moment. Mr. Bernard Dudley Ryder, F.R.G.S., a journalist and traveller known in Auckland and Wellington, has joined the staff of the Sydney “Sun.” —ERIC RAMSDEN.