MISS KATHLEEN HOAHING

Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17008, 22 January 1927, Page 13 (Supplement)

MISS KATHLEEN HOAHING

On his return to Australia, Goldie left J. C. Williamson to join Hugh Ward, then in India. He went as far as Perth, and then concluded he was far enough away from the lady of his choice. He cabled to Dr. Deamer asking that his fiancee be permitted to journey to Perth and be married there. Miss Deamer duly arrived in Perth, but lost every bit of her luggage on the Way. Among the luggage was Dr. Deaincr’s letter sanctioning the marliagc of his daughter, then about 17 years of age, and also a letter from the Archbishop of Wellington to the Archbishop of Perth. Without this documentary evidence, the couple found it necessary to tell their story to a magistrate. It all sounded so improbable that the magistrate, refused a license to marry, and put the bridegroom-10-bc under police surveillance as a person guilty of abduction. After a few days Goldie bad to make a declaration, and the magistrate relented. The marriage took

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place in Perth. The sequel Is ttat Dulcie Deamer is now Mr*. Albeit Goldie, with a family of iour ho oldest boy is taking a tour round the world in preparation l'or a career as a journalist. Dulcie Deamer's literary work is now better known in America than in Australia. Three serial stories have been through the Ilearst Syndicate, a medium through which millions o readers are reached. A large number of short stories and articles has appeared in magazines and weeklies. Six novels have been published in London and New York. The three last were brought out by 'Fisher Unwin. Occasional contributions appear in The Sun, Ladies’ Mirror, Bulletin and Triad. Critics have predicted great success for her if she will write a modern novel. Iler work hitherto has been set in past ages. Hearkening lo the voices of the critics, Dulcie Deamer is now engaged on a novel dealing with modern themes and characters. Strange to relate, Dulcie Deamer has never been to a school of any sort. Her mother had been a teacher, and decided to give the girl lessons at home. From the age of eight Dulcie evinced a desire to read books on heavy subjects that she found in her father’s library. Yet to this day she cannot spell properly, and has to be beholden Lo the sub-editors for corrections.

In recent years she has been one of the leaders of the movement in Australia to secure better recognition and a better market for writers of prose and verse, music and song.