GOING TO AUSTRALIA

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 167, 18 July 1939, Page 2

GOING TO AUSTRALIA

I IVE IMPORTANT CHILDREN. LONDON, .June 12. Five children will accompany the Duke and Duchess of Kent, when they leave for Australia in October. In addition to their own, there will be the son and daughter of Lord and Lady Herbert, and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Lowther. Six nurses will be in charge of t.r: five children. Prince Edward will oe just four years bld. and the newest arrival. Mrs. Lowther's daughter, just four months, when the Royal party i leave for Australia by the Stathaird. The children will have large, airy cabins in the quietest, part of the liner. The Duchess believes in fr -h air and quiet for her children, and Lady Herbert shares her ideas. Lord Herbert is equerry to t'•. Duke, and Lady Herbert is lady-in-waiting to the Duchess. Mr. Lowther is the Duke's private secretary. Hi. c Royal Highness was best man at :hc weddings of both Lord and Lady Herbert in 1936, and Mr. and Mrs Lowther in 1937. Lord Herbert is the eldest son o' the Earl and Countess of Pembroke and Mr. Lowther is the grandson anc heir of Lord Ullswater, Speaker in the House of Commons | Mr. Lowther was appointed secretary io Ihr Duke in 1935, and he ha: proved himself to be so indispensable ihat he i,s now virtually Com®ollo: of theDukr's household.

Novel Invitation. “Mum and Dad arc givin' me a io: Do in some Barn on Saturday at , Mabels goin’ too. I reckon Maori i i orlwright. donch you? Were a I mootin' at Brendon Evans Court | rack at arf past foive cause the barn, i a secret an we don’t know where it i I oi nearly forgot to tell yer that ye invited too so come an’ jine us in y ■ ay.seed clothes.’’ This is the novo i form of invitations issued by a ywn; i Melbourne host for a “hayseed p.i'.v’ (says the Melbourne Argus). It in eluded cocktails at Toorak. a hay:i ]■ to Beaconsfield Upper, a dance in ; barn, followed by a hayride home t( the city at dawn.