TRAVEL CLUB

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23672, 2 December 1938, Page 10

TRAVEL CLUB

IMPRESSIONS OF ABROAD TALKS BY RETURNED TOURISTS GATHERING IN THE VEDIC Interesting impressions ol tours abroad from which they have just returned were given by Mrs Richard Hudson and Mr J. L. Mclndoe at a largely attended meeting of the Travel Club in the Vedic last evening. This was the first occasion on which the club had held an .vening function, and the response from members was a gratifying one. over 200 attending, Mr H. L, Gibson presided, and with Mrs M. S. Myers received the guests. The hostesses were Mrs Dora Smeaton, Mrs S. O Battersbv and Mrs R W Brickell.

Mrs Hudson spoke ol nei trip to England via America, and dwelt enthusiastically on an extended stay in the British Isles. She commented in interesting fashion on the exotic picturesqueness of the Pacific Islands and Honolulu, the splendour and magnificence of an America represented by Los Angeles, Hollywood. Chicago and New York, the de luxe character of a trans-Atlantic crossing by the Queen Mary, and concluded with the irresistible appeal of England and Scotland She spoke enthusiastically about a six weeks’ stay in London, and described a variety of excursions into the English countryside, which included historic places in the South of England and the Lake Country, and then went on to speak of Edinburgh which was the headquarters from which she visited the Trossachs. Dalkeith Galashiels and a host of other resorts within easy reach of the Scottish capital. The chairman, introducing Mr Mclndoe. said that he would deal with the Continental part of his lour, but when his lime was exhausted the speaker had not got past London. He spoke first of Pitcairn Island and its associations with the mutiny of the Bounty, and then described the trip through the Panama Cana) with interesting digressions on the subject of Panama City and the Canal Zone Balboa and the Caribbean Sea. The Scilly Isles. Southampton Water and finally Eng land itself were then commented on after which he took his audieive through traffic mazes in London, the art galleries of the metropolis, and St Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Abbey.

A vote of thanks to the speakers was carried by acclamation and appreciation was also expressed of the efforts of the entertainers. Mrs J Sherriffs • Christchurch), who sang, and Mr Ritchie Hannah who rendered violin solos.