LONDON PERSONALS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 57, 4 September 1937, Page 18

LONDON PERSONALS

(From "The Post's" Representative.) LONDON, August 11.

A very interesting illustrated article, written by Mrs. A'shley Dodd, appears in the current issue of the "Field." Her subject is big-game fishing in New Zealand, She x made her second voyage thither alone because her husband is not a good sailor. Only a good sailor, she1 writes, can stand the perpetual motion, often in a grilling sun. The only fly in the ointment of this wbriderfUl fishing •is the uhkindness of'Hhe sea itsfclt' Mrs. Ashley Dodd give's a very good report of the fishing camp at Otahei Bay, and then tells of the camp which she herself established on the Cavalli Islands, very, very far from the maddening crowd. The staff of the New Zealand Government Tourist Bureau are, she concludes, always most helpful to sportsmen who want the fullest information, and can be relied upon to do everything in their power to arrange for the comfort of the arospectivc- visitor, and what is more, they are thoroughly knowledgeable men and practical down to the smallest detail. For the big-game fisher there is thrilling sport and plenty of it. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkie Anderson (Eketahuna) are touring in Yorkshire in their car. .Thence they will go on to Scotland, and return via the English Lake District. Devon and Cornwall will be visited, and on October 9 Mr. and Mrs. Anderson wilj leave for New Zealand via Australia by the first voyage out of the Orient liner Orcades. Mr. and Mrs. Eustace King (Wellington) have divided the last few weeks of their touring between Canterbury and Oxford. In Kent they were impressed by the numerous historical traces of the Roman occupation, noticeable in buildings and the straight roads. They were present at tho opening, by the Duke and Duchess of Kent, of the splendid new , hospital, and they also attended the Canterbury Agricultural Show and the Flower Show, In' Oxford: they heard John Masefleld address the Students' Dramatic Society, and they saw a Miracleplay elaborately given In costume. Special music in Christ Church Cathedral and a itirring pennon by the Dean of St. Paul's preached in the University Church of St. Mary, bringing to conclusion the Oxford conference of religious bodies, are also vivid memories. At Malvern Hills Mr. and Mrs. King were privileged to see the romantic home where Jenny Lind lived and died." Now in possession of Mrs. Cadbury, it is"- still the. beautiful "Nest." The famous singer's dainty music room—the Golden Cage—together with the Swedish summerhouse and porches £re still there. Grace Moore visited the place to acquire the for the film "The Queen lof Song." This month Mr. and Mrs. 'King are leaving for Norway, Sweden? and Denmark. After that they will tour in Scotland.

Mr. arid Mrs. H. A. Murray (Marlborough) and Miss Murray are leaving by car for a tour through England and Scotland. Since their arrival they have experienced a great deal of very pleasant hospitality. Mr. Murray has, naturally, been visiting the meat market at Smithfleld and attending wool sales.