HIGH COMMISSIONER'S WIFE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23883, 10 August 1939, Page 18

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S WIFE

ENTERTAINED IN LONDON CONGRATULATIONS ON RECOVERY LONDON, July 17. "I do not know of any High Commissioner's wife who has done a better job than Mr s Bill Jordan." declared Colonel E. ft W. Lascelles, chairman of the New Zealand Group of the Overseas League, last week. Mrs Jordan, who recently recovered from a severe illness, was entertained by the group at a sherry party. Her husband, the High Commissioner, and her son and daughter, Mr W. Jordan, jun., and Miss Gwen Jordan, were also present. Colonel Lascelles congratulated Mrs Jordan on her recovery "We know that she does not only do her own job," he added, "but she does half of her husband's as well. (Laughter.) That is to say, that no High Commissioner can do his job at all unless he has a wife to do half of it." Mrs Jordan was presented with a spray of pink roses and ferns—"a

combination representing the Mother Country and New Zealand,'* said Colonel Lascelles.

Returning ; thanks, Mrs. Jordan said how much she appreciated the many kindnesses shown to her by New Zealanders during her. Illness. Their consideration, she said, was " just marvellous." She did not regard her life in London as a "job," but as a series of pleasures. She was always delighted to meet New Zealanders at the many functions.