TROUT FROM NEW ZEALAND
12,000 MILES’ JOURNEY TO DINNER-TABLE Sixty rainbow and brown trout have been brought in ice from New Zealand for the annual dinner of New Zealanders in London at the Hotel Victoria, Northumberland avenue, W.C., which the Duke of York will attend (says the London “Daily Mail”). This is the first experiment of its kind, and the trout have been sent as a gift by the New Zealand Government after being caught by Government anglers in Lake Tatipo, the fishing centre in the North Island. To help in the experiment the New Zealand Shipping Company conveyed the fish from New Zealand —12,000 miles —free of charge. They arrived in excellent condition. The New Zealand Government hns also forwarded tho ingredients for toheroa soup, so that the Duke of York will be able to taste what the Prince of Wales regarded as the most delicious soon he had tasted. He was so fond of it that during his visit to New Zealand special supplies wore always kent. available for him, and “Prince of Wales” soup has almost displ--ed tho Afnori name.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12508, 26 July 1926, Page 7
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183TROUT FROM NEW ZEALAND New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12508, 26 July 1926, Page 7
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