EARL GREY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16491, 5 March 1914, Page 11

EARL GREY.

VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND. ARRIVAL IN CHRISTCHURCH. WELCOMED BY DEPUTY MAYOR* Earl Grey and Lady Grey arrived in Christchurch from Dunedin by the second express last evening. .They were accompanied on "their journey to this city by the Hon J, Allen, Minister of Education, and when they, stepped on to. tfie Christchurch railway station they were met by the' Deputy-Mayor (Mr H. B. Sorensen) and the . Town Clerk (Mr H. R. Smith). Mr Sorai- . Ben briefly welcomed the visitors, and ■ stated that, the citizens were delighted •to have them here; They were then • driven |to, Mr A. E. G. Rhodes’s resi- > denca at Merivale, where they will stay until Saturday, when they will ileave for* Wellington. It is intended to take Earl Grey on a visit of inspection of the-'Central Dairy Factory today,, to Mr John Grigg’§ station , at Longbeach to-morrow, - and to tho Agricultural. College at Lincoln on Saturday. v -. t The visitors wore in their railway :oarriage near Rakaia when, although tired with the long journey, they consented to he interviewed by representatives *of the Christchurch newspapers. ; Earl Grey said that he did not wish [to be interviewed,'and did hot think that he ought to be interviewed,-' 1 but 5 he was grateful to the Christchurch ! reporters for coming so far to see him, land he would be pleased to' meet them | and chat with them. He explained | that he had given information to the i New Zealand journals already in rei gard to Home Rule and other public questions, and he had nothing further to say in that respect. - It was suggested -that it would be interesting to know;., something more-about proportional representation, in which he is deeply interested, but he replied that he had' promised to speak on that .question in Australia, and . that it , would be hardly fair to anticipate what he-had to say. . . » LADY GREY INTERVIEWED. In order that the reporters might not be completely disappointed, however, he suggested that Lady Grey should discuss some of the institutions she had seen in Dunedin. She very readily complied, and said that she was specially .interested-in the Rach'ael Reynolds Memorial Kindergarten. She w#s delighted with the methods of instruction there and noted that much attention was given to observation, alertness and discipline. “All good qualities,” Earl Grey interposed, “ which lay well the foundations of character.” ‘ , Lady Grey added that she had never seen any classes conducted better. “ And if the same methods are, followed in educational work generally in your dominion,” Earl Grey interposed agsin, . “it is. an exceedingly good thing for the-country.” Lady Grey said that she also found much to interest her in the Karitano Home in Dunedin. It was an excellent thing to spread' as widely as possible knowledge in regard to the. proper treatment of infants. It was very j gratifying to know that Indies were ; giving the. whole of their lives, to the j work of v disseminating that kind of ' knowledge, which was. specially va 1 liable ttfiyoung mothers. 4 “ We? met Dr Trilby King', ' who is a. wonderfully interesting man,” Earl, Grey said. “He has marvellous enthu- | sias'm, and it is enthusiasm which ; moves the world.”, I Lady Grey continued that she was | impressed with the fact that tho aim 'of Dr King’s scheme was not only to. reduce' infantile mortality but also to increase the health of the living children. King’s ideas were reaching out from New Zealand to many other countries, where their high value was fully recognised.- ’ ■ V. - ■ “ He is a* splendid fellow,” was Earl Grey’s comment.. .