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...other characters shed varying degrees of light. One was a cattle drover. Out of animal fear, to lay the ghost of a girl he had beaten dead, he protected a girl whom someone else had seduced. Another was a hulking bank clerk, one Malden. He was benevolent toward chess, Nature and Rose Netley. Rose, was a social worker to whom all fallen girls were "sisters," She did a certain amount of temporary good in an enthusiastic...
Queen Mary attended a private performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Hugh Drover, an opera written about a prizefight and shortly to be produced by the British National Operatic Company. It was said to be a difficult piece of composing, admirably done. H. M. the Queen was so delighted that she herself mounted the stage in full view of the select audience and personally congratulated several of the actors. (See Music...
...opening inning was the brightest spot for Colby and for a time it seemed as if they would score the first tally. Haines, the first hitter, drover out a clean single and was advanced to second on a walk. Later he got to third on a sacrifice hit, but air-tight fielding prevented him from scoring...