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NEW ZEALAND DINNER.

ANNUAL LONDON FUNCTION. DUKE OF YORK A GUEST. TROUT TO APPEAR ON MENU. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] LONDON. Feb. 24. The New Zealand annual dinner in London, which had been in abeyance since the outbreak of the war, was revived last year and it proved to be a great success. On that occasion there were some 300 present and the chief guests wero Lord Jellicoe and Mr. L. S. Amery. The members of the dinner committee, who are practically the same as last year, have the matter in hand and have fixed Juno 8 as the date for this year's function. The Duke of York has already accepted an invitation and he will bo the chief guest. Others who will receive invitations are Lord Allenby, Sir Charles Davis (Permanent Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs), Mr. j" H. Thomas, Lord Ranfurly, Lord Islington, Lord Liverpool and Earl JelHcoe. Sir James Allen, of course, will be the host. As far as possible, it is the intention to provide a dinner of New Zealand produce. There will be toheroa soup and NewZealand lamb and fruit. The High Commissioner has been asked to write to the Dominion Government requesting that a certain number of trout be sent to London in ice. This year the menu will bo printed in plain English. The Grenadier Guards Orchestra lias been engaged to provide the music.

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19289, 30 March 1926, Page 15

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NEW ZEALAND DINNER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19289, 30 March 1926, Page 15

NEW ZEALAND DINNER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19289, 30 March 1926, Page 15

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