DOMINION DELEGATES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17111, 17 March 1919, Page 5

DOMINION DELEGATES.

ARRIVAL IN LONDON. AN UNCOMFORTABLE JOURNEY. ■ [FROM OUR OWN COHRSSPOfoENi£j';' :r -> LONDON, Jan. 24. In order to expedite their arrival In England, Mr. Massey and Sir Joseph Ward, with their party, were transferred at Colon from the Remuera to tho auxiliary cruiser Ophir. The change was not a particularly happy one. The weather crossing the Atlantic was exceptionally rough, and as a consequence the Ophip only reached Devonport on Sunday, a fewdays before the R«muera was due, although the latter vessel had gone up to Newport News. Moreover, the change was most uncomfortable as regards accommodation. The Ophir is not at all the fine liner which took the King and Queen round the world eighteen years ago. The exigencies of war service called for the removal of all the luxurious passenger fittings, and of much of tho bulkheads, cabins, and internal fittings. The bathrooms of peace days have almost all disappeared, and at least one member of the party had to wash in a kerosene tin. Nevertheless the experience was an enjoyable one, if only that .t gave an insight into the uncomfortable conditions under which the watch has been kept in the North Shore, and on the commercial routes by the British Navy.. ■; A special train brought the party fromPlymouth to London,, where they arrived on Sunday evening, and were received by a very large gathering of New Zealaridei's..'" A guard of honour, under the command of Lieut. L. W. Andrews; V.C., of Wanganui, was provided by the .infantry and mounted depots on Salisbury Plain and at Ewshot, and there was also a -braes banj; provided by the New Zealand' Expedition- 1 ary Force. . j One of the earliest callersi.on Monday ■> ' morning at the Savoy Hotel : was \Lt,;C;p[. L. C. £>. Amery, the new Undersecretary > •';•" for the Colonies, who had : the rather ;'un->>; pleasant duly of explaining", the fiction '• of K ? i'? : the .Peace., Conference: in granting : New '.< V. Zealand only one. representative, ■' ■'?'. '; 1 . . ■" ' =.- : ..: : : •.':■;■>