SIR CHARLES FERGUSSON.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21010, 26 April 1930, Page 3

SIR CHARLES FERGUSSON.

•m WELCOME IN LONDON. (From Our Own- Correspondent.) LONDON, March 21. The Rangitata arrived at Southampton late on Friday night, and most of the passengers remained on board until the next morning. When the boat train arrived at Waterloo on Saturday a large number of personal friends and official representatives were present to welcome General Sir Charles Pergusson and Lady Alice Fergusson. Lord de la Warr met them on behalf of the King. Colonel de Stage represented the Prime Minister. Lord Passfield and Mr E. J. Harding represented th Dominions Office, and Mr R. H. Boyd the Home Office. Others on the platform were; Earl Jellicoe, Mr and Mrs T. M. Wilford, Lieutenant-general Sir William and Lady Turse, Lieutenant Commander A. W. S. Agar, V.C., Mr Hal Williams (representing the New Zealand 1 Association), Mr Alexander Crabb (secre- i tary to the High Commissioner’s Depart- ; meat), and Mr George Russell (of Wellington). Admiral Sir James Fergusson and Lady Pergusson and Lady Augusta Inskir, travelled from Southampton with the party. On Saturday afternoon the mar- 1 riage of Lieutenant Commander David j Orr-Ewing, R.N., son of the iate Mr C. i L. Orr-Ewing and Lady Augusta _ Inskip, to Miss Helen Noeke was to take place. , hence various members of the Fergusson, Inskip, and Orr-Ewing families were in London, and a number of them were at , Waterloo to welcome the ex-Governor and ; Lady Alice Pergusson. i Both travellers were looking well. The [ passage had been a pleasant and calm one. Sir Charles spent at least half an ■ hour chatting to his friends. | Among Sir Charles’s baggage was a I large cage containing a parrot from ) Kermadee Islands —a fact which has naturally been commented upon, even in the' press. In' these days of psittacosis the parrot as a pet is looked upon with suspicion. On Tuesday Sir Charles was received in audience by the King, and afterwards he and Lady Alice Fergussoa lunched I with the King and Queen at Buckingham Palace. i For a fortnight or so Sir Charles and Lady Alice Fergusson will be staying in London at Mexborough House, Berkeley street, and then they will return to their home in Scotland, where, to judge by the things that have been written in’ the Ayrshire newspapers, a very warm welcome awaits them. On his arrival in London, Sir Charles was glad to hear that his son, who met with a motor* accident recently, is progressing favourably. Complete recovery, however, will be a lengthy process.