OFF TO AIX-LES-BAINS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 431, 13 August 1928, Page 9

OFF TO AIX-LES-BAINS

MR. BALDWIN ON HOLIDAY SIR AUSTEN’S SEA TRIP British Official Wireless.

Reed. 11.5 a.m. RUGBY, Sunday. The Prime Minister and Mrs.. Baldwin left London this morning for Aix-le-Bains, where they propose to stay about five weeks. In view of the appointment of Lord Hailsham as Acting Prime Minister during Mr. Baldwin’s absence at Aix-les-Bains, the Lord Chancellor has cancelled his arrangements for visiting Canada. He was to have gone as leader of the delegates from the United Kingdom branch of the Empire Parliamentary Association to the conference which is to be opened at Ottawa at the end of this month. Sir Austen Chamberlain is making satisfactory progress toward recovery after his illness, but under the doctors’ orders he has decided when convalescent to take a sea voyage. Arrangements are accordingly in hand for Sir Austen and Lady Chamberlain to leave England at the end of the month on a voyage to California, by way of the Panama Canal, and returning through Canada. A complete rest from official duties has been ordered, and during the visit, which will have no political significance, Sir Austen will not engage in public speaking, either in the United States or in Canada. It is possible that on the outward journey Sir Austen will make a brief call in the West Indies. He expects to return to England during the first week in November.