N.Z. TROOPS IN LONDON ENTERTAINED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 151, 27 June 1940, Page 8

N.Z. TROOPS IN LONDON ENTERTAINED.

ATTM ADELPHI,

Curious Londoners Hear

Maori Songs. HAUNTS OF LAST WAR SEEN. Unitea Press Association —Copyright. (Received 2.30 ji.m.) LONDON, June 26. ■ Hundreds of curious Londoners gathered outside the Adolphi Theatre, when they heard the strains of Maori songs at the reception given to New Zealand troops on leave by Mr. W. J. Jordan, New Zealand High Commissionei-, and other New Zealanders resident in London. «

Lord and Lady Wlllingdoil and Mrs. Freyberg were present. Lord Willingdon and Mr. Jordan welcomed the troops.

The Maoris sang "Hoki-hoki," the Maori Battalion song, and "Po Atarau," which were enthusiastically acclaimed. Well-known London artists, including Arthur Eiscoe and Leslie Hcnson, entertained the troops. The Adelphi is almost nexc door to New Zealand House, and has become the focal point of New Zealanders on leave. New Zonlamlers again have seen the haunts of the last war's soldiers, including the famous Chandos Bar near the Strand, where there is a unique counter of one block of wood, on which hundreds of New Zealanders in the last war carved their names. The troops, after the Adelphi reception, crowded the historic "Haercniai" corner of the Tivoli basement bar. New Zealanders in London a few years ngo subscribed for a brass .plate marking the corner and bearing the words "Haeremai, New Zealand Corner."