TRAVEL CLUB

Evening Star, Issue 23130, 2 December 1938, Page 15

TRAVEL CLUB

FIRST EVENING GATHERING INTERESTING TALKS For the first time the Dunedin Travel Club held an evening function last night, and the response .From members amply justified the new departure, more than 200 being present. Mr H. R. Gibson presided, and with Mrs M. S. Myers received the guests. Mrs Dora Smeaton, Mrs S. O. Battersby, and Mrs 11. W, Brickell were the hostesses, and the principal speakers were Mrs Richard Hudson and Mr J. L. MTndbe, who have both recently returned from tours abroad. Mrs Hudson spoke of her-, trip to England via America, and dwelt enthusiastically on an extended stay in the British Isles. , She commented in interesting fashion bh the exotic picturesqueness of the Pacific Islands and Honolulu, the splendour and magnificence ; of an America represented by Los Angeles, Hollywood, Chicago, arid New York, the-de luxe character of a transatlantic crossing by the _ Queen Maryland concluded with the irresistible appeal 6f England and Scotland. She spoke enthusiastically about a six weeks’, stay in London, and described a variety.-of excursions into the English Countryside,; which included historic places da, the south of England aiid the Lake-Country, and then went on to speak Of Edinburgh, which was the headquarters from which she visited the Trossaohs, Dalkeith, Galashiels, and a host .of other resorts within easy reach of the Scottish capital The Chairman, introducing Mr M‘lndoe, said that he would deal with the Continental part of his tour, but when his time was exhausted the speaker had not got past London. He spoke first of Pitcairn Island and its associations with the mutiny of the Bounty, and then described the trip through the Panama Canal, with interesting digressions on the subject of Panama City arid the canal aone, Balboa, and the Caribbean Sea, The Scilly Isles, Southampton Water, and finally England itself were then commented on, after which he took his audience through traffic mazes in London, the art galleries of the metropolis, and St. Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. A vote of thanks to the speakers was carried by acclamation, and appreciation was also , expressed of the efforts of the entertainers, Mrs J. Sherrill's (Christchurch), who sang, and Mr Ritchie Hannah, who rendered violin solos.