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DIFFERENT VIEW OF THE CITY) AND A VISIT TO A CHERRY BLOSSOM PARK.
5. BUT AN ATTRACTIVE IF SO FAR SLIGHTLY UNDER-RESEARCHED ALTERNATIVE IS TO FLY TO KUMAMOTO (SOUTH-WEST JAPAN) ON 6 APRIL PLUS PROBABLY OVERNIGHT TO ATTEND THE LAUNCH OF A NEW JAPAN-BRITISH SOCIETY. THIS IS IN ITSELF A USEFUL EVENT. IT CELEBRATES MOREOVER THE CENTENARY OF A HOSPITAL (ORIGINALLY A LEPROSARIUM) FOUNDED BY TWO INTREPID VICTORIAN LADIES, HANNA RIDDELL AND ADA WRIGHT, WHOSE MEMORY IS REVERED IN THE REGION. THE MEDICAL PROFESSION WERE AMONG THE CONSIDERABLE BRITISH FIGURES WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE EARLY MODERNISATION OF JAPAN AND THE FACT STILL COUNTS. IF MRS HURD IS ATTRACTED BY THIS OPTION WE CAN PROVIDE A MORE DETAILED SCENARIO QUICKLY.
BOYD
YYYY
MAIN
53
FED
HKD
SEAD
DISTRIBUTION
53
PS/MR GOODLAD PS/PUS
SIR J COLES
PROTOCOL D
PLANNERS
NEWS D
PS
PS/MR HOGG
MR APPLEYARD
MR HUM
MR MASEFIELD
MR LOGAN
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