Recently she had spent time in Japan and was forming a conducted party to tour Japan .There was nobody better suited for the mission , he added.
Included in the collection are three printed brochures from a Kobe bookshop, Thompson's, in English , for tourists , with details of a wide range of books on the Far East , The Western Barbarians in Japan and Formosa 1600 to 1868 one .
Described as the great cultural interpretation of Japan - the Japanese tea making ceremony , explained by A. L. Saddler, Professor of Oriental Studies at Sydney University and Professor of Japanese in the Royal Military Academy, Australia topped one list ; Some Aspects of Japan and Her Defence Forces was another, along with poetry , art , short stories , an introduction to Netsuke and Ikebana floral arrangement.
On the back of a booklist , which may indicate Miss Savage had an input in its production, it states prescriptions can be filled by qualified chemists and toilet articles by the best makers are available , American and European patent medicines.
A 1930s Hong Kong account from the Union Embroidery Co., manufacturer and exporter, with a letterhead that features a Chinese junk, there appears to be details of purchases of materials in various colours , mats and other items.
The National Library of Australia Trove section contains a well illustrated article - Tours In Lotus Land - about Lois Savage , with a map , showing places visited on the trips.
