THE GRAND TOUR.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20290, 27 April 1934, Page 1

THE GRAND TOUR.

Many Australians Abroad This Year. LONDON, April 19. The coming summer will see an exceptional number of Australians in Europe. The 1071 registrations of new arrivals at Australia House during the past three months do not include many registering onlv at the Agents-General’s offices. The main contingent are now arriving, and it is estimated that they may eventually number 10,000. The amount of their expenditure provides interesting speculation. An experienced official suggests £5,0CQ.000, on the basis of an average stay of six months and average spending of £SOO, including the return fare. Even this estimate is a conservative one if the expenditure includes money spent on clothes, which can be taken home duty free, a circumstance of which the majority take full advantage. Applications to Australia House for invitations to the Court levees and to the Royal enclosure at Ascot are more numerous than has been the case for years. A woman’s Court equipment, unless it has been +hriftd' T acomred. averages £IOO, including 75 guineas for an ensemble, lessons in curtseying., car hire, and a footman for the occasion. A man ge*s a garden party outfit for b'om £i(3 or hires one for 30s. A double ticket to A "cot incidentals. The Derby, the AMershot tattoo, Wimbledon and the Tests will make further demand 4!.