By Brian Yatman
Deliberate use of English
“Uruguayan opera singer Ana Raquel Satre last night twice slapped the face of Brisbane music critic Dr William Lovelock with her black leather glove,” the Herald reported. The incident, which the 31-year old soprano claimed was sparked by remarks regarding her singing, occurred in an ante-room of Her Majesty’s Theatre. Miss Satre said she “used some English words and used them ‘deliberately’.”
The Benaud brand
“M.C.C. tour captain Ted Dexter said last night his main objective in Australia would be to provide bright, attractive cricket of the Richie Benaud brand. ‘Richie has done tremendous things for cricket and he is a great player and captain. I hope we can play some good cricket with him. It takes two sides to play well.’ Dexter was speaking at a Press conference at Lord’s only a few minutes after his appointment as captain.”
The straw, the camel’s back
“Mr Harry Delore, 49, a Newcastle motor dealer, looked ruefully today at the smoking ruins of a bachelor flat above his home. ‘I’ve had nothing but bad luck for the past eight weeks,’ he said. ‘My £25,000 cruiser was wrecked at Nelson Bay. I wrecked my speedboat looking for the cruiser. My Rolls-Royce rolled out of the garage and tore all of one side off. I think by now I’ve had my share of bad luck.’”