GUESTS AT REVIEW
“STRUGGLE FOR DINNER.”
APOLOGY AS SEQUEL
LONDON, July 24. Although the experiences did not appear to have much fun about them at the time, amusing stories are told of what bef§l guests of the Government on board the hospital ship Maine during the Royal review. “Dinner was a struggle,” said Mr G. Mander, M.P. “There were tables but no seats. One had to get a plate, a. knife and a fork and go to the kitchens and ‘scrounge’ for food. I saw Sir Austen Chamberlain holding a fork and an empty plate.” , A woman guest said she was holding a plate on which there was some meat when a clutching hand came over her shoulder and took the meat. The First Lord of the Admiralty Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsel, has written to all guests saying he heard of the circumstances with the deepest regret and could only apologise for the lack of hospitality shown to those whom the Admiralty was anxious to honour. Several of the guests, including the Free State High Commissioner. Mr Dulanty, said they had no complaint to make as they could not have been treated better.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 247, 1 August 1935, Page 5
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