RHOUND THE WORLD

Hokitika Guardian, 3 November 1921, Page 4

RHOUND THE WORLD

W. T. JENNINGS RETURNS. A COMPREHENSIVE TOUR. AUCKLAND, Oct. '->!)

hooking rental ka lily well, Mr \Y. T. .Jennings, M..P., returned by the Makura alter a most interesting trip, which included most of the countries hi Europe, Egypt, America and ( an- | adit. He went by way of Australia and the Suez Caiitfl and dropped off the steamer at Suez. A\ bile in (aito he saw the very glittering ceremonies that j attend the sending away ol the Holy Carpet on its journey to Mecca. He was the guest of General Sir 11. f otigreve, O.C. of the British forces, and j so he had the very best opportunity of i viewing the gay seem', with its tierful colour and movement. The : Egyptian troops struck Mr Jennings as ' 1 being very smart. r l licit wonder- J fill precision in drill and ceremonial movement was astonishing. He was told, however, that the olliccrihg and the shooting was another matter. Kroni Cairo Mr Jennings went up to Alexandria. and there took steamer lor Athens, where he witnessed great celebrations in honour of a recent victory orcr the Turks. Kroni here lie went to Smyrna, Mytilom*, and so oil to Gallipoli to see the grave of one ol his sons who fell there. While there he met two New Zealand oflicers. Lieutenant Mildenhall, formerly ol Raclihi. and I.ieiiUsinut Maher, ioitnerly of Gisborne. Mr Jennings went all over the famous places. Aitzac Cove. Shrapnel Gully, Walker’s Bulge, and the other places of sad memories. On bis sou’s grave Mr Jennings placed the wreath which was handed to him for that purpose at the farewell gatheiing in Auckland. Mr Jennings was surprised to lind it possible to motor all over tbe peninsula, good loads having been made, mostly by refugees Iroin Russia.

THE LAND OK THE TUBK

After leaving the Reniiisuhi the New Zealander made his way to C'onslnutinople, where lie spent a fortnight. Things were very unsettled there owing to tin* internal troubles in Turkey, and he was warned by General Harrington and the British Consul that It would not he safe to venture over to Stamhotil, the purely native quarter. Mr Jennings luid great trouble over his passport, and it was only the insistence of the lit itish Consul that won tin* day. Before lie got through Mr *leniiings had to na\ somet'hing to each ol llie consulates of the countries through which lie intended to pass Serbia. Bulgaiia. Italy, Sw it zei land. and l*iau*e. The matter was aft<*iwaids brought up in the House ol Cniniiions. and if any more New Zealanders happen'ln lind themselves at the Gulden limn, t' e.v won't have s,, much trouble. Mi Jennings bad a most inlet c.-l ing t*i|> tbrongb tin* countries men I ioned. and

'dint In* got In I’aii. the l,indii»ss ..I General Pan who, it will he remembered, was out in New Zealand, enabled him to see a womlciflll lot in a slant while. Among oilier events lie witnosed was the ceieninny at tin* Arc de Ti imiiphc to tin* I'ltknow n \\ an ior, which ~.,s deeply impressive. He visited some of the battlefields from Amiens. WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE.

In London Ml Jennings met the High, Hon Mi Massey, who was most kind to him. and introduced him l" Ml Lloyd Geoigc and Lord Cuizon. Naturally. Mr Jennings found his way (o tin* House uf ('ominous, and heard some of tin* debates, lie was also the guest of the chairman of the Labour Party, Mr Clynes. the whip of t’ e paity. Mi Giillilhs, and a fellowpi inter named Mr Bromley, who tv etc all deeply interested in regard to iu- • I list l 1.1 I matters in New Zealand. lie also had afternoon twa with Sii Howard IV.-I,villo, the eliaii man ol tin* I’a i lianuml ai y Knipite Association. Mr T. P. O't'minor, and other members ol tbe House.

IN IRELAND

Kioiii London Mi Jennings went over lo Dublin, xxhere In* witnessed snm.* ol the proceedings in connection with the liidi' Pa i Lament. Then* wen* thousands of people from all parts ol the world, and the cxpoiiem-e u:i- a must interesting one. Kinm the capita) he went to AiMoiic, wllcic Ins son, Lieut 11aiold Jennings, died of wounds n*nod ai Loos in IP!A. and on the PI a X*e l.e placed the w re at h he had taken with him. The second wreath, it should be I, he placed "it tin* tomb of the Unknown Wairior in \\ estminslei Abbev.

Mr Jennings spent a very pleasant two weeks in the Emerald Isle, and travelled about titit M t miles by niotoi. (lu many occasions lie bad lo gel out owing lo the trenches, and he says it was' a Sliangc exjiei idle* to have seen trenches at Gallipoli ami in I'Taiice ami Belgium, and then to Mud Mte same lking ill a lilt le pat t ol the IB itisii Empire. PEOPLE WANT PEACE.

Among all classes with whom he mixed, Mi Jennings found a goner.tl desire for peace, and that the happenings of lecent months should now end. The Irish visit of the New Zealander included Kerry and the "underfill lakes of Killnrnoy. Wlmt struck him very much in Ireland was the number of old people and the mimhci ol ell xvilli bullies. Other New Zealandeis had been struck by the sit me things. Ireland seemed very prosperous in he farming districts, and Mi Jennings says he did not know what a pig v * ,s until he went to the pig fair at Tie1, *e "pigs nearly as big as cows. WONDERKUL CANADA.

After returning to London, Mr Jennings went across to Montreal, ami then visited tt number of othei ( anadin., cities, which struck him as being pa, ticu larly beautiful, particularly Ottawa, where the new Pailinmont House makes a great sight-diner than the | {oust* of Commons in An a.c,ii-iiltur.il college he saw at Winnipeg cost two million dollars, and he was mill'll struck by the attention that is paid to agricultural education m the Dominion. He says it would make New Zealanders open their eyes.