THE WESTLAND PRESENTATION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 84, 10 April 1902, Page 5

THE WESTLAND PRESENTATION.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

HQKITIKA, this day,

An address from the people of Wesstland to King Edward is being forwarded to the Premier to-day for presentation when in England. The address is prepared in album form, containing a splendid collection of West Coast photographs, including some of the wild mountain scenery of South Westland, with magnificent views of Franz Josef. The album is encased in a handsome cabinet of polished West Coast wood, beautifully mottled. The cabinet has a greenstone and gold mounting, and is splendidly finished. A slab of bevelled greenstone rests on the top and is surmounted by a gold crown, with gold fern leaves at the sides. Goldmounted greenstone pillars support the sides, while the handles are also o-f greenstone, and a gold plate bears the inscription: "From the people of Westland. New Zealand, June, 1902." The present is altogether of unique design and character, and is being most generally admired.

LONDON, April 8

Mr Copeland, the Agent-General for New South Wales, in the course of an interview, declared that the State Premiers would attend • the Coronation if treated as Royal g-uests". The Colonial Office, he said, was trying to treat the States according to the precedent of the Canadian provinces. This was unfair. The States were only federal on 39 points, whereas" the Dominion of Canada was tantamount to unification. .• .