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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18372, 4 May 1925, Page 13

The Publicity Department is preparing for the arrival of the American fleet, and is now preparing a series of scenic and general films, which will be shown on each warship of the fleet. These films will be forwarded to Honolulu and with the co-operation, of the Y.M.C.A., will be placed on tho warships when they arrive there, so that during *ho progress of the trip the officers, n.co.'s and men will gain a fairly general idea of the scemc and soortin" attractions and the industrial nature "of the Dominion. Each warship in the American fleet has its own cinema, and each will be supplied with a complete programme. When the fleet arrives in Australia, a quantity of booklets and folders on >ew Zealand will be supplied for the use of the officers and crews, and these will be supplemented on their arrival in New Zealand by a special souvenir booklet illustrated with coloured plates Some South Inland films taken recently Live turned out wonderfully well (says the "New Zealand Times"), and those round tile Otago lakes in.particular are regarded as the best pictorial work done in tbo pominion These are to bo specially shown at the Dunedin Exhibition.

A banker is not often a bookman, but Dr "Walter Leaf, chairman of the Westminster Bank, combines the two roles. He is actually ono of the most eminent Homer scholars of Europe, and collaborated with the late Andrew Lang in a prose translation of the Iliad, which is still a classic