Having met Hutchinson on his previous visit to South Africa, General Smuts invited him to join a party consisting of Margaret Clark Gillett with two of her sons, Jan and Anthony, on a trip to Lake Tanganyika. They set off from Irene on 28 June 1930 in a convoy of seven vehicles and were joined at Beit Bridge by Illtyd Buller Pole-Evans.
General Smuts invited Hutchinson to join Margaret Clark Gillett and her sons, Jan and Anthony, for a trip to Lake Tanganyika. They departed from Irene on June 28, 1930, in a convoy of seven vehicles, with Illtyd Buller Pole-Evans joining them at Beit Bridge.