BEECHAM THREATENS LEGAL ACTION
Tirade Against Australia Resumed By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received November 28, 10.22 p.m.) TORONTO, November 24. Sir Thomas Beecham said that during his Australian trip he found people “living in a fool’s paradise and a cuckoo town of unreality.” Referring to the Interviews which caused a controversy he said, “Australia’s contribution to the world of arts is nil. I have been in the thick of many musical controversies but have never received so much undeserved and unprovoked abuse as in Australia.” He added that he was planning to sue some of the persons who had sent him letters.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21821, 26 November 1940, Page 5
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101BEECHAM THREATENS LEGAL ACTION Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21821, 26 November 1940, Page 5
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