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SINGING AT SIX! She is in her early twenties but she made her first public appearance at the age of six, singing "Alice Blue Gown" at a concert in the Mechanics Hall at Bacchus Marsh, where her family was living. With some of her five brothers one brother is 'Frank Hardy, author of Without and two sisters used to part regularly in the 1 concerts. "We were known as Peg Hardy's Orchestra," she said. "Peg, my sister, played the piano, a brother played the drums. Frank was the intelligent one he was at home reading.

We had a friend who was a violinist. And the others sang through I megaphones voices didn't carry too well in the' hall." It is a far cry from Blue Gown" in a country town to Being nominated for a best-actressof-the-year award. But Miss Hardy has been nominated for the Melbourne Erik Award for her performance last year in "Member of the Wedding." She has found that acting has its drawbacks. For "Member of the Wedding" CONTRALTO Miss Florence Taylor sang during the marriage of Miss Diana Middleton and Mr Daniel Downie at St. Clement's Church, Mosman yesterday.

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For her role as Pip she has to wear it short, too. I'm growing it and I wear it pinned she said. "I'll never cut it again." A professional actress for the past six years, Miss Hardy has appeared in television, revue, musicals and pantomime. In between plays, she has had a variety of jobs -working in cigarette and canned fruits factories, and washing dishes in restaurants. "You meet some wonderful people in jobs like those -types you may have to play one day," she said.

Miss Hardy, whose home is in Toorak, is at present sharing one at Edgecliff. She hates cooking. "But I love eating," she added. "Every day I have at least one steak." HEARTS SET ON ROME (Continued from page 122) She had an accident at Bowral when she was horseback riding at 14 and spent 44. years in a celluloid jacket -from her neck to her hips -until she went to Stoke Mandeville for eight months in 1951.

I learnt archery at Stoke Mandeville," said 'Mrs Meade yesterday. "We had an eight-hour day- -six devoted to physical exercise, then for two hours a day did clock repairs (1 couldn't mend one: she said. When she came home Mrs Meade worked as clerk at the Red Cross Blood Bank, then a typist at the Spastic Centre (where. she met her husband) and later in a grocery store at Botany. She joined the Sydney Bowmen and used to "shoot" with them at Luff Park, Double Bay.

"But I 'gave it up after my daughter, Angela, was born as it was only at weekends and found got too tired." said she. Mrs Meade. was -asked to take part in the paraplegic. sports held recently at Gore Hill. "I found I hadn't lost my touch," she said, "and since then I have been shooting a couple of days a week at Royal North Shore Hospital." Mrs Meade, who runs her home unaided except for some help with the ing- looking forward to her trip to Melbourne.

"What housewife wouldn't when it's a chance to get away from pots and pans?" she laughed. Angela will stay with her grandmother. Of her disability Mrs Meade has this to say: "If you break an arm and it's in sling, you learn to use the other. You -overcome obstacles by initiative, trial and error." Next Friday and Saturday the team will take part in basketball competitions, put the shot, throw javelin, and shoot for the bull's eye archery. The games are the preselection for the Paralympics to be held in Rome from September 15 for talo weeks.

"We hope to send team of 16 to Rome, said the W. organiser, Miss Bileen Perrottet, yesterday. 1 MISS MARY HARDY, who takes the role. of Pip the cabin Dick rehearsed" at the Elizabethan Theatre. when it OS used to be SW? Don't look back and, sigh you can quickly lose weight' without strain.

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