WORLD TOUR OVER.
MUSS MpAUDE ROYDEN’S IMPRESSIONS. AUSTRALIA ROUGH AND READY. (Australian Press Association —United Service., LONDON, Jan. 13. Miss Maude Royden, the- noted feminist, arrived a.t London to~dav from her wo did tour. She was greeted at Victoria by .scoresi of admirers and presented with bouquets. She was quite prepared for question® anent cigarette smoking. According to a news agieney, she confessed to a certain amount of criticism in Australia. “In fact I conld not conceive that a few cigarettes oouild create such a terrific row. Asked if she would smoke one now she was • back in a free country, _ she replied! • she refused to be bullied in America, or Australia alii the time she was there.
She described Australia as a rough and ready country even in the cities, but the Australians were wonderfully hospitable to her, though a good deal scandalised at the idea of -her preaching in a cathedral, which she did at Adelaide. “This also caused such a sensation. When I preached at the cathedral at Christchurch the . crowd was positivelv dangerous.” Australia was- a 'little under the impression that England wa® sending her ‘,‘dudis” or throw-out® living on the dole. She wished the word “dole” could be abolished 1 . It embittered people, besides .giving a wrong impression. Miss Royden’s views were more moderately expressed in the “Observer. ’ ’ She stressed the live interest of Australia in international affairs. She found them tremendously keen on the work of the League of Nations. She urged speakers going, thither to choose that land of subject. .She praised- the baby clinics and 7 reduction of infant mortallity. Nothing was. lacking in her reception at Adelaide once the ioe was broken. The biggest crowd was at Christchurch.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 14 January 1929, Page 5
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