LORD JELLICOE.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20493, 11 March 1932, Page 15

LORD JELLICOE.

HEALTH TRIP TO MADEIRA. , (MOM OB* OW* CQ*MBfOH»BXT,) LONDON, February 2. Sir Thomas Wilford received a letter from Lord Jellicoe, dated January 21st, in which the writer said: "I have been up at noon now several times, and I leave for Southampton to-day and for Madeira with my wife and a nurse to-morrow at noon. The doctors' idea ia that sunshine will help me. but they tell me I shall never be strong again. But I hope that I shall soihe day be fit and able to play you another round of golf 1" Lord Jellicoe has had an exceedingly busy , life since he returned from New Zealand, and his services as speaker have ever been in great request —indeed, as I have remarked in the past, he has been as much in demand as the Prince of Wales, and he has been equally graciouslto respond to calls of a patriotic nature. 1 heye have been days when Lord Jellicoe has made as many as seven or eight speeches on as many differing subjects. Hus work for tho British Legion and for other bodies has been indefatigable, and it is all the more saddening to reflect that it was during a visit to Canada,, mainly on behalf of the British Legion, that he was overtaken by his severe illness, following the anxiety occasioned by the major operation on Lady Gwendoline and the minor operation on Viscount Brocas. In addition to his public duties, Lord Jellicoe did most of hia own correspondence. In response to any enquiry a gracious reply came by return of post always in his own handwriting, giving the information asked for. On more than one occasion Lord Jellicoe has said that he would lovo to return to New Zealand to spend the remainder of his days, but he knew that he could not do so. His desire is a genuine one, and he meant jvhat he said. . The London residonce of Lord and Lady Jellicoe, in Princes Gate, has been let to the Argentine .Ambassador. St. Lawrence Hall, Vontnor, Isle of Wisht. ia now their only home. All New Zealanders will unanimously voice the hop© that tho tr*p to Madeira will prove very beneficial to the health of their one-time GovernorGeneral. who will always be universally beloved. Doctors are not always right—one hopes, they have been too pessimistic in this instance.