FRANCE'S WELCOME

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23157, 1 October 1938, Page 12

FRANCE'S WELCOME

THE KING AND QUEEN > ' ;) NEW ZEALANDER'S IMPRESSIONS * "Obviously the French people opened 7 their hearts to our King and .Queen when they visited Paris in July. The . organisation of the accompanying celebrations was remarkable and the decor- - ations were most striking;'.' stated Mr. T. H. Lowry, of Hawke's Bay, who,, with Mrs. Lowry, returned by the posa vesterday after a fivei months visit to Britain and the Continent. While abroad they twice visited France —immediately before Their Majesties visit and, for the second time, shortly after Their Majesties' return to England. ■ •' , XT Mrs. Lowrv is president of the ]New Zealand Red Cross: Society and, while, in England, she took pari; m the lnte national Red Cross conference m London. A visit was also paid to the ■ pire Exhibition at Glasgow, which, Mr. Lowry said, had proved extremely popular with the British peopl6. " So far as racing was concerned, English bloodstock has always beeiy* prominent-and.there is still isome ou>- 1 standing stcck in England, Mr. Lory h said, when commenting upon the stana- i. ard of British horse racing. He saw , the traditional conditions which £ } erned the principal English clubs w<e - still very marked and he referred c, the excellent standard of rimng... Jockeys did not ride as short in the stirrup as was the practice in land, but they retained beautifulbalance. Mr. and Mrs. Lowry are at the . Grand Hotel.