Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    JN70/25
  • Title
    Letter to H C Janes from Sam Hunt,"Hazeldene", Fortesque Road, Paignton. H C Janes has now decided to do World Tour.
  • Date free text
    26 December 1937
  • Production date
    From: 1937 To: 1937
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    Dear Herbert, Thanks for your [letter], received Xmas Day. Glad to hear that you have now decided to do the World Tour. After careful consideration I think it would be best to adhere, more or less, to our original plan and not include the Tropics on this trip. I have other reasons, besides financial ones, for advising this. Perhaps it may be possible later, to take another round trip via Colombo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Japan and Vancouver. I would suggest a compromise however to our original plan, ie to embark for Melbourne in the P&O liner "Mooltan" (21,000 tons) sailing from London on Friday March 4th. This steamer calls at Bombay as well as Colombo, and then proceeds to Freemantle, Adelaide and Melbourne. It arrives at the later port on April 11th. We could then go by rail to Sydney as originally planned. Afterwards we could proceed to Wellington, and after visiting points of interest in New Zealand sail from Auckland in the Canadian Australian Steamer "Aorangi" on May 17th. When we arrive in Melbourne on April the 11th we shall have thirty six days to divide between Austrailia and New Zealand. We could decide later what proportion of time we would allow for each country. If you agree to this programme Pickfords should be asked to give you the round fare as follows - London to Melbourne by P & O Steamer "Mooltan", sailing from London March 4th. First class rail fare between Melbourne and Sydney, first class fare by suitable steamer between Sydney and Wellington, first cabin Auckland to Vancouver by Canadian Australian Steamer "Aorangi" first class rail fare by Canadian Pacific Railway to Toronto, Niagra Falls, and New York, first rail fare New York to Montreal, and first cabin from Montreal by North Atlantic line to Southampton. Thanks for the invitation to visit you to talk the matter over, but I think this will hardly be necessary now that our course has practically been decided on. Please confirm by return that you are agreeable to take the trip as outline, and I will then make my own arrangements from this end. Kindest regards to all, Sam.
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