TO AUSTRALIA.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 34, 10 February 1939, Page 9

TO AUSTRALIA.

TRIP FOR N.Z. BOYS. INVITATION FROM N.S.W. RETURNED SOLDIERS' SONS. Fifty young Now Zealandors, between the ages of 12 and 14, sons of returned soldiers, have been invited to spend two weeks in New South Wales at Furlough House, Xarrabocn, which is a rest home admirably suited for'a holiday, being close to.Sydney on the ocean.beach and near tho lakes. The invitation has come to the Xew Zealand Keturned Soldiers' Association from the Australian Infantry Force Wives and Children's Holiday Association and was discussed at tho quarterly meeting of the Auckland Keturned Soldiem' Association last night. Mr. J, W. Kendall presided over a representative attendance.

The- faros of the New Zoalandcrs will •bo borne' 'by their parents, and the party is expected to leave Wellington in the Awatca on April 3, returning to Wellington in the same ship on April 21. There will be an officer in charge of the party. During their stay in New South Wales, all costs of keep and accommodation will be "borne by the A.I.F. Wives and Children's Association, which will also arrange interesting toui'fi for the visitors' entertainment, and generally disponso hospitality. It is proposed that the New JScnlandcrs should be received by the- State Governor, Lord Wakohurst, at Government Houso, march to the cenotaph and lay a wreath and also visit other places of note in and around-'Sydney, Five applications will be sent forward from Auckland for final selection in Wellington at tho headquarters of the R.S.A. Local applications should 'be lodged at once witli the secretary of the R.S.A., Mr. R. S. Mason, Wellcsley Street West, .City, '. The proposal was received with applause by tho meeting. It was-ex-plained that an effort would be made to secure concessions in tho train fares in New Zealand and in the boat fares acro?3 the Tasman. At tho moment it could not bo stated what amount parepts would liavo to provide. "Wo will just have to cJ.il fev applications," said the chairman j "first come, first served. The secretary hivs the necessary forms."