IMPERIAL PRESS CONFERENCE.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19972, 5 July 1930, Page 17

IMPERIAL PRESS CONFERENCE.

NEW ZEAEANDV . DELEGATION, v ARRIVAL IN LONDON. (ntoit oto owh cosassroftaesfc.) lONDGNrM& ak The members of the New Zealand delegation td the Empire* 'Brass Con- j ference have now all arrived in London. Mr W. R. Wilson (Auckland) had oome direct from New Zealand, and those who travelled via. Vancouver .—Messrs. E. A. Blundell, J. Hutchison,- R. J» Gilmour, B. 8.„.3eH, R» Eqrnesa, -K.-- 6. • Kerr_„T«. C Jjistl' A. McNicol, A. E. Manning, Mmr, and , L. J. - Londori Liverpool' on Friday .night. The members of the < pa$ r ty„. who travelled through Canada \ Kjniafc• In-, ternis of the-warmest" ajjpreciation. of the kindness . 'and hospitality Mas- were extended to them- in ' that 'jbQuntry. \ Not only .the Press, organisations j, but - also the Government/ 'muiricipiiitieß, arid other' organisations 'jn Canada' made them w'ekome ■ sfid 1 entejrtained .„*j| them. L " '*• i Two enjoyable excursions to trhna the party-was invited'cwejre orjganisea* A by piilp and, paper manufacturing conto Ptiwell River, 80 miles from Vancouver, utd the other Trois Rivieres and Grand mere, s***u- , ated about mid-way between Montreal ; % and Quebec. The delegates wet© deeply impressed, not, the extensive plants that- were. dkfcpected' v by them at thesfe plaoes t but also with-. the generous hospitality that aobftrded'to'them. Both the Pacific and the _ Atlantic t % Oceans treated thexn in kindly ner, and their trips'in -both the Nta-r'-s gara and' „tßi? Duchefes 'rf '-York,' the. steamers bySfcich they travelled, wera greatly by themes rrt J Plans and Movements. v. Mr and Mrs A. McNicol (Danne- 1 virke; will leave for New 'Zealand in. si .August, via Suez. Hiey much enjoyed their tour .in Canada. + 6&r K. and; Lady Winfrey happened .to be among vj the passengenkiifc pf *ork» -' W and of them the mfjnbars of the PrewT Delegation saw good'deal., Mr anp.- , 'Mrs McNicol hope, are_ the Eastern Counties later on, to visit them in Peterborough, -fifir t Bacham v -.'« having extended a cordial mvitawofy 4 v--for them to stay at Castor House. Mr McNicol was in the v House"bf CJpmmoHi* .\?f this week, when he heard gartTO, th«-'4| .discussion on the proposed' 'adty-fln beer. If he had' stay>d, long' enougb \ he would have been * at(" irhat> developed into an all-mght sitting. Aaa former M.P. in New Zealand, Mr McNicol could not help making comparison between the comforts provided in the New Zealand House and the lack of auchi comforts and convenience* at Westminster. - Mr and Mrs R. P. Purness (Blenhelm) will, after the end.of Jjune. sea something more of the Mother Country than the placet «et down in a very full and interesting -pijsciftl> prdgratnmo for the month of June. Then * trip to C the Continent 'will "be the prelude ,to the journey home, by the Ormonde, be-- ■' ginning on' August Wth;;.- - 1 All - the delegates "and' their wive® have been shopping and seeing some- - thing of London before going into re* sidence at Gnosvenor House. Mr. and Mrs J.- Hutdiison'were mei by the Misses Hutchison, who have been in England for eorae 4ime, and by Mr W. Hutchison, from South Africa. They' have been sightseeing together, prior to the Conference sessions. ' ( • Mr and Mrs A. E. Manning ton) are delighted with their first visiti to London, and are finding features to ,' interest them at every turn. After the Conference they will SO."to Devonshire, to see something of rural England, with its' country lanes and o«l thatched villages, probably staying for a. time at Torquay.i Mr fanning is intending to a Continental tour.. to include Holland, Germany," and - Italv, prior, to joining tiwir/fefßsel at Naples in / September. Mr Manning was in the House of Commons- with Mr McNicol,. and heard l^lr' Snowden speak; Both New Zealanders that" they missed the all-night"6itting, . about which they read next }day.