OVERSEAS TRIP FOR NEW ZEALANDERS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 35, 11 February 1939, Page 14

OVERSEAS TRIP FOR NEW ZEALANDERS.

Women's Instiiutes Plan Interesting Tour.

With the object of giving members an insight into the lives of country women of Great Britain and other countries, the Dominion Federation of New Zealand Women's institutes has organised a trip to Europe.

The trip, which is to begin in April, will entail a four months' absence from New Zealand, though the tickets will be good for two years and members may prolong their tour if they wish. The trip allows time for a two months' visit to Europe, and the estimated cost of the tour is £250, New Zealand currency, covering return fare, tourist class.

The trip, according to the present ! arrangement, will include thirteen days in London, during which time the members will have the opportunity of attending the conference of the Associated Country Women of the World. Following this a conducted tour of Fiance, Switzerland and Holland will be organised, and an allowance of £50 is suggested to cover individual expenses of members during the tour. Entertainment Arranged. During the second month of the trip the Women's Institutes of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland have volunteered to entertain members of the New Zealand party and the New Zealanders will thus have an opportunity of seeing the lives of country women of Great Britain. Through the Associated Country Women of the World it will also be possible for the members to have access to anything they wish to see or study. In return the members will be expected to show pictures and photographs of their own country and give brief talks on New Zealand life to interested English women.

Apart from the usual tourist attractions this trip will be a great benefit to the country women of New Zealand, 'he conference of the Associated Country Women of the World, which they will attend in London, is held every three years. At previous meetings, held in Washington, U.S-A-, Stockholm and Vienna, at. least 8000 women attended and there were representatives from 16 different nations including Italy, Germany, France, Sweden and Rumania.

As well as the international interest the chance of meeting members of the British?;. / .women's institutes should interest New Zealand women. In England and Wales alone there are 5600 women's' institutes and there are also large numbers ir. Scotland and Ireland. Other interesting highlights of the tour include a visit to the estate of Lord and Lady Bledisloe, and HJS.H. the Princess Royal lias; also extended an invitation to the *New Zealand members to visit her home and be shown over her estate. The Archbishop of York will give a garden party in honour of the New Zealand visitors and Miss Hadow, who was recently in New Zealand, will also entertain some of the visitors.

The educational benefits of such a trip are obvious. Any member of the New Zealand women's institutes requiring further information is requested to write to the organiser, Miss Brenda Bell, Shag Valley Station, Palmerston, Otago.