DOMINION AFFAIRS

Evening Post, Issue 66, 15 September 1936, Page 18

DOMINION AFFAIRS

AN IMPENDING L VISIT

LORD HARTINGTON

SIR EDWARD HARDING

(FrtWn "Tho Post's" Representative.) LONDON, August 19. Two very important men will visit New Zealand in November, the Undersecretary of State for Dominion Affairs, Lord Hartington, and the Permanent Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, Sir Edward Harding. Both are travelling to the Antipodes to attend the Centenary of South Australia, and, in addition to the round of festivities, they will undoubtedly discuss with the Government heads of both Dominions several important topics that will inevitably arise at the Imperial Conference to take place a few months later in London. Both: men should be popular in the Dominions. Lord Hartington. is a most enthusiastic fisherman. He has a particular liking for rainbow trout, and the story goes that he kept one of these flsh fof many years in a garden pool at: Chatsworth. On his return from the war, in 1918 he found to Bis distress that his pet had died owing to rough, handling when the pool was being emptied for cleaning purposes. He may be tempted to replace, it by a New Zealand fish. ■"•■■■. Lord Hartington also takes a great interest in racehorses, and he is a fine judge of thoroughbreds. He has a quiet, unobtrusive manner, with an abundance of energy. He wiUbe^ accompanied on his visit by Lady Hartington, who is a keen photographer. Shells to take a cine camera with her in addition to an ordinary camera. She also intends" ±6 keep a detailed diaryWhile Lord and Lady Hartington are away their two little daughters, the Ladies Elizabeth and Anne Cavendish, will stay with their grandmother, the Duchess of Devonshire. Their eldest son, Lord Burlington, will enter Trinity College, Cambridge, this autumn, and their younger son. Lord Andrew Cavendish; will still be at Eton.. Sir Edward Harding, as Permanent Secretary of the Department, occupies an extremely responsible position.. He has the reputation of being a. "good Empire-::mari," and a great constitutional lawyer, with a well-developed sense of the co-equality of the British Empire. He has, in fact, had a great deal to do with the development of i Imperial relationships. Despite his j great'position Sir Edward has a quiet, unassuming manner, and it is said of him that he is an "excellent listener, j He is ever ready to listen to sugges-1 tions which he- sums ; «p with the I shrewdnessbf a trained legal mind. | His sp6rts* are indifferent golf; and.; tennis.: But; it is in walking that Sir ] Edward finds his most enjoyable recreation. He has almost a passion for exploring "new places," and nothing delights him more than to. do it by At present the itinerary of Lord Hartington and Sir Edward Harding does not appear to be fixed as, far as New Zealand is concerned, but' their plans will be crystallised during the comingymonth.