GREAT IMPERIAL CLUB

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16036, 29 January 1920, Page 5

GREAT IMPERIAL CLUB

PRINCE OF WALES’ IDEA.

SIR THOMAS MACKENZIE’S VIEWS.,

Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, Received Jan. 29, 9.30 a.m, LONDON, Jan. 27.

Sir Thomas Mackenzie, interviewed regarding the Great Imperial Club, which the Prince of Wales was said yesterday to be very keen about, says it would cost a million or more. At present the High Commissolners and Agents-General try to do their best for overseas’ visitors, but their power and facilities are limited. The Colonial and Imperial Institutes, and other organisations are" doing splendid work, but a club is wanted for the reception and accommodation of overseas’ folk, where they may meet each other and English men and women interested in Imperial affairs, and where they will be able to offer hospitality to their friends. The club should give simple, inexpensive receptions for those it is desirable to establish connections with. It should be a central institution, where overseas’ visitors and British traders could readily come together.