VISITING AUCKLAND

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 70, 20 September 1939, Page 14

VISITING AUCKLAND

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Lady Wakehnist, wife of Lord Wakehurst, Governor of New South Wales, arrived at Auckland early this week. She was accompanied by her brother, Mr. Peter Dubbock, her daughter, the Hon. Henrietta Loder, and Captain J. Mitchell, A.D.C., states the "New Zealand Herald."

Lady Wakehurst, who is extremely popular in New South Wales, is the of four children, of whom the l^ai. Henrietta Loder is the eldest. "The others are the Hon. Christopher, #be Hon. David, and the Hon. Robert JLoder. She is fond of sport, particuilarly gol|, and sailing is a popular Ipastime. She is also an enthusiastic Jg&EdeneE sstd has made a collection of iAiustraOfen and New -Zealand plants if or her • garden. Lord Wakehurst .also is a keen gardener, inheriting his interest in horticulture from his father, who was the first person to persuade the waratah'to flower in England.

Lady Wakehurst is keenly interested in art and among the prized possessions she brought with, her to Australia when she first arrived there were many paintings, including- a water-colour by Turner 'and many English landscapes by Scott. Her elder sister, Miss Nancy Tennant, is an