A TRIP ABROAD

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21248, 30 July 1932, Page 16

A TRIP ABROAD

TALK AT OVERSEAS LEAGUE At a largely-attended gathering of the Overseas League, held in the new club rooms on Thursday evening, Professor Algio recounted some impressions of his recent tour abroad. The great bowls of golden wattle and the bright fire gave the large lounge a very cosy appearance. 1 In introducing the speaker the president, Mr. J. M. Melville, paid a tribute to the work done by the different branches of the Overseas League in exchanging information about the different parts of the Empire and extending friendship and service to members from other countries, and he emphasised tho greatly increased usefulness possible to tho Auckland branch in its new quarters. By means of lantern Blides with a most entertaining commentary, Professor Algie took his hearers on a tour of Europe from the Mediterranean to the most northerly railway station in the world. Travellers, ho said, viewed strango countries from three main angles. To some scenery mado the chief appeal; a number were more concerned with such works of man as painting, sculpture and fine buildings; while for others—of whom he was one—the chief interest was the people. He had been astonished at the uniform kindness and courtesy manifested by the different peoples of Europe to strangers, and of them all ho admired most, perhaps, the inhabitants of Czecho-Slovakia and their very beautiful capital of Prague.