TERM TOO SHORT

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 82, 17 January 1930, Page 5

TERM TOO SHORT

HJGH COMMiSSIONERSHIP.

HON. T. M. WILFORD WELCOMED.

HIS KNOWLEDGE OF PACIFIC

(United p resi Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 11.0 a.m.) LONDON, January 16.

'•The High Commissioner's term is ,far too short, I hone it will be lengthened in Mr Wilford's case, ' said Lord Jellicoe, when presiding at the New Zealand Association's luncheon welcoming the Hon. T. M. Wilford, at which Lord Bledisloe was Present. Lord Jellicoe described Mr Wilford, on a vovage to Japan, as using chopsticks like a Japanese, and also learning Japanese, though perhaps not sneaking it like a Japanese. Mr Wilford said New Zealand had not shut, harved and bolted the door against migration, but was marking time, for economic reasons. Meanwhile, it was buying British goods. He hoped to see a New Zealand Women s Association in London. Perhaps his local knowledge of the Pacific, round which dwelt half the population of the world might be useful at the Naval Conference. He had visited 32 countries, meeting.the leaders ai«?J trying to understand their problems.

AT MEMORIAL CARILLON. (Received This Day, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, January 16. The Hon. T. M. Wilford listened to the Wellington Memorial Carillon at Hvde Park. „ , mi . , '"They are beautiful. They appeal to the best in us," he remarked.