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gs Es, NY -100-25857 "At his Melbourne debut last week he got the cheer treatment --even before beginning his recital, These demonstrations are vsualiy reserved here for teenage warblers, A large percentage of the capacity audience in the huge Melbourne Town Hall was made up of clder age groups, “ROBESON, with great ease, goes through Beethoven, Schubert, Negro spirituals, quotes poetry and gives an excerpt from +Othellio!, Interspersed are references to 'peace', injustices', ‘brothers under the skin' etc,, which gain much applause-- ror + is applause for a great and superb artiat, . "At one point in last week's performance ROBESON said he had been made ‘an honorary member of the 'Wharfies' Association.' This was in reference to a current strike here of wharf workers and public's sympathy is definitely not with them, Yet this statement too, said half joeularly, haif seriously, received wlid applause, "ROBESON says he hopes ta be back Down Under next year and appear with ean Aussie cast in a production of 'Othello,'" eras Data agate uy os rr TERE te MENA tea aR, Bee Lab haa NEE SEAR ROSEEOn: BRAS oat San NO NSe are: Cee ny Sao EDS