MR. ERASER'S TOUR

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 116, 19 May 1941, Page 6

MR. ERASER'S TOUR

ARRIVAL AT CAIRO

AIR TRIP VIA BASRA

BUSY DAYS ABROAD

(N.Z.E.F. Official News Service.) I CAIRO, May 17. The New Zealand Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser) landed in the Egyptian capital this afternoon in a Royal Air Force machine. j Admiration for the magnificent stand by the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Greece was expressed to Mr. Fraser by General Wavell, who called on Mr. Fraser shortly after his arrival. This admiration is shared by all in the Middle East, and everybody whom Mr. Fraser has met voiced praise and admiration for the deeds of valour and courage performed by the New Zealanders. Maori and pakeha. This morning Mr. Fraser called on Sir Ahmed Hassanein Pasha, chamberlain to King Farouk at Abdin Palace. THE RECEPTION PARTY. Mr. Fraser landed at Cairo on a cool, sunny afternoon which followed one of the city's worst heat waves, in which the thermometer touched 120 degrees Fahrenheit in the shade. He was met by ihe British Ambassador. Sir Miles Lampson. *Air Vice-Marsha] A. W. Tedder, second in command to Marshal Longmore. Brigadier N. S Falla, Colonel W. G. Stevens, officer in charge of administration, N.Z.E.F.. Colonel Conway, Adjutant-General. N.Z.E.F., and Colonel F. Waite, New Zealand National Patriotic Fund Commissioner. Spending several days in the world s hottest regions did not appear to have sapped nis vitality, and Mr* Fraser was fit and well. After shaking hands with. Sir Miles Lampson and before meeting the other members of the reception committee, Mr. Fraser shook hands with the crew of the plane. He is staying at the British Embassy on the banks of the Nile, as the guest of Sir Miles and Lady Lampson. A full programme has been mapped out, and Mr. Fraser is having a busy time. In order to"see as much as possible of the New Zealand troops, he will visit nearly every camp, hospital, convalescent depot, and club at which New Zealanders are likely to be found. Leaving Auckland on May 3 in a Tasman Airways flying-boat, Mr. Fraser was farewelled by a small group which included the Mayor of Auckland (Sir Ernest Davis), Mr. Richards. M.P., Mrs. Fraser, and Mrs. Berendsen, and Mrs.' Jeffery, the wives of the members of his staff who accompany him. DISCUSSIONS AT SYDNEY. The Acting Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. Fadden, the Deputy Leader of the Commonwealth Labour Party, Mr. Forde, representing the Opposition Leader. Mr. Curtin, Sir H. Manion, representing the New South Wales