DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3862, 20 March 1928, Page 8

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.

CAPTAIN AND LADY MOIRA LYTTELTON.

AUCKLAND, March 12. Distinguished visitors passing through Auckland on the Niagara to Vancouver are Captain Oliver Lyttelton, DSO M.C., and his wife, Lady Moira Lyttelton’ who is the fourth daughter of the late Duke of Leeds. As general manager of “the British Metal Corporation, Captain Lyttelton came out to Australia to investigate the mines at Broken Hill. He stated that hu company imported a great deal of metal from Broken Hill. In accordance with the policy of many British firms it was their desire to trade within the Empire wherever possible. Captain Lyttelton has had a distinguished career. During the war he served with the Grenadier Guards. He was adjutant to the 3rd Battalion from 1915 to 1918, and was appointed brigade-major to the 4th Guards Brigade in 1918. In addition to gaining the D.S.O. and the M.C., he was mentioned three times in despatches. Captain Lyttelton has taken a prominent part m sport at Home, and while at Cambridge gained his blue for golf. He stated that Lady Moira and he both regretted that they were unable to make a longer stay in the Dominion. Lady Moira Lyttelton will be remembered by New Zealand officers who recuperated at Avon Tyrrell, the Hampshire house of Lord Manners. She served there dur« ing the war as a V.A.D.