ALL FROM NEW ZEALAND.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20611, 9 January 1929, Page 9

ALL FROM NEW ZEALAND.

A DOMINION FEAST. - HELD IN SAN FRANCISCO. A feast was served recently in San Francisco, every item of which, except See, v“r from New miles, away (soya a message from San Frhncisco). This “Fcastof Lucullus” tht B Ro«° omp ete e i ven , as those feasts of rmH genian general who spent his wealth y^r ? ?“ suniptnous enterhe combed the world to ° bt ain titbits for his tables, inat the dainties came “on ice" did primt etr iamb r °Tu ir qu l lit J r - l am . b - lobsters, cheese, butterl ~ ea ~* i j rui H whitebait, mint, orange marmalade, biscuits, coffee, nuts, tobacco all were products ot New Zealand. ° ’ A score and one sat down to the table as the guests of William (“Bill”? j ay A b ° n ’rivant clubman and standing 6al,f ° rnian 0f . 40 years ’

“THE FAMOUS LAMB.” rinh 6 in= St + i servcd , at the Union League Uub, was the result of a “josh,” out of tbe f e grew ’k feud that was on°y settled, when, last night “Bill” Gray served the ‘ Canterbury Plains prime fc b z£ J ! ,! “ 1 •>> “» -ASS . Three y ea rs ago Dr H. S. Bettis, Idaho r a lSer -’ TO a dinner to a group w a /+i end «' - lnclud, ng Gray. Idaho lamb was the piece de resistance.” Gray, to get a nse out of his host, asked: ‘Do lou . °all- this lamb? Why, it Jooks like a squirrel compared to the fatuous lamb of my native New Zealand.” - in /l erenc °s the taunt, duriDg the last three years bore fruit last S' fnend * Gray in New Zealand ,aVl ?L a r aD /l d tO . se“ d the “makin’s” ■ rru ' 6 s * : steamship* _ those who enjoyed the treat were Peter B. Kyne. Wflham Chatham, Robert D. M Elroy. Martin Uldall, Elmer de Camp, U- dc Carnp, John P, Cleese. Philip Gordon, Charles 6. Johnson. Louis Oneal, Max Goldberg, Hugh M. Cookran, Dr H. S. Bettis, Samuel M. Fulton, P. G Williams, Lewis Byington ; Albert A. Rhine. James T. _Ryan, Colonel C. TT ’Murnhv Clarence C. Wooster, and J. E. Wansbrough. Peter B. Kyne acted as toastmaster, xiie menu bore on the cover page the words _ Tenafcoe te Pakeha e te Maori ” (greetings to my white friends and the Maoris). The menu was as follows: Fqveaux Straits Oyster Cocktails. limaru Sheep Tongues in Aspic. lotage Mahuta Toheroa.-Onehuuga. Opihi Inanga en Buisson, _ Dunedin Lobster Gourmet. Roast Temuka South Canterbury Prime Lamb, xr r aitolli Mint Sauce. Nelson Peas with Taranaki Butter. _Hon-Takero-nuku Kiuneras. Nelson District Fruit Compote. Otago Central Fruit Tarts. Auckland Orange Marmalade, Akaroa Walnuts, m Zealand Coffee. Taranaki Butter. Waikato Cheese. Waitohi Cream. . New Zealand Biscuits. Cavendish Pipe Hawke’s Bay Tobacco. Kia Ora. Kia Ora, Tatu.”