LIFE IN CEYLON

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21520, 17 June 1933, Page 19

LIFE IN CEYLON

CLIMATE AND CONDITIONS An entertaining address was' given by Mrs. Harrison Gregory on " Life in Ceylon" to members of the Penwomen's Club yesterday afternoon. The speaker began by giving an outline of the historical importance of Ceylon up to the present day, and then went on to speak of the climate and conditions af living there. The climate of Ceylon was an extremely unhealthy one, owing to its humidity, .and for white women work was impossible, she said. Servants had to be employed in every bungalow, and each one had his own particular* duties. The climate was especially hard on white children, and after they had tcached the age of five they usually ha<l to leave the country. Food wns another problem. Nothing kept in Ceylon, and apart from the curries, which wero eaten by both the white people and the natives, and the frfiit grown in the country, all food w§s kept in cold storage. Mrs. Gregory went on to speak of the character of the native, who, she said, was very dissatisfied. It was the British rule that had brought Ceylon to the position it held in the, world to-day. Before the address a pianoforte solo was given by Miss Binns. Mrs. Carr Rollett presided