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Favorite of 'Gold Digcera
'to the. editor of'the -aoe.
- Sir,— In -189.7,' when' .the deep al
luvial ' gold / rushes .were booming
around . Kalgporlie, Amy - - Sherwin
gave- a concert in the7 old Boulder
Hall,' which was packed to the door.
Many of . the . diggers had : heard her
before, aniong . them 7 many Tas-
manians; who' turned - up in a body
to. hear . once again -the sweet- songs
of their' old favorite.: Everyone paid
his .--2/6f ,at' the. do/or', . and took a
chance for a seat. .Alluvial miners
usually travel- light, and dungarees
and 'moleskins were the popular,
dress for; that-. occasion,- but the
dress of the. audience did not trou
ble,, the singer, ' as many who had
heard. Her befqre admitted she . had
never sung , better/ At the close of
the - entertainment rari old : bushy-
whiskered digger asked " her to sing
Home, Sweet- Home, which -she. did,
to the. great, enjoyment of. everyone
preserit. At the conclusion of -the
song he stood up and; said, '-'Thank
you," Amy, 'that ' is / what I .have
walked miles to-night to' hear." It
was -the - first' and, last time I heard
her sing, but, like maijy -others who
have listened to the , Tasmanian
nightingale, the memory ' still lin
gers.— Yours, &c., ..
Nhiu."-,V
' A.- GASTON.-
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