NEW ZEALAND'S LOYALTY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 148, 23 June 1911, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND'S LOYALTY.

SPEECH BY THE. GOVERNOR. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Wellington; Thursday. " A .% r reviewing the troops in Wellington to-day,-his Excellency jßje Governor (Lord Islington), in the course of an eloquent address, said he should have great pleasure in conveying' to King George a report; of the day's proceedings, and in informing him of the splendid parade that had.taken place in Wellington on the occasion of ' the Coronation. His Excellency went-on to say: "There are assembled to-day in all parts of the world within the British Empire great gatherings of loyal subjects of the Crown, whose one and undivided purpose is to celebrate in fitting manner and with due solomiuty the Coronation of His Majesty King George. This great concourse of pnople, who have collected here to-day in the city of Wellington, the seat of the Government of New Zealand, conspicuously represents the desire of its people to pay a loyal tribute of homage and allegiance to the" person of the King. The parade drawn up before' mc represents a part of the armed naval and military forces of the Empire.. Every man and boy in the ranks of this parade, if need arises, is ready and dosirovis to pilfer, Ms services to-protect' the throne and to maintain the Empire. l There is also assembled here a great gathering reprer sentative of. the civil life of New Zealand who, in ■ their, different .vocations, are ani- ' mated by the same loyal purpose—ministers of religion; distinguished servants of the public service, representatives of the social, comemrcial ana industrial branches of the community—all eager, to acclaim and give effect ±o their unswerving devotion to the .British.Qrown. . And combined with this spontaneous demonstration of devotion there comes to-day from the.heart of 'every' citizen of this distant but loyal Dominion, an' earnest prayer that Their Majesties King George and-:Queen Mary the first and only King and' Queen of England,who have ever visited this country.' may long be spared to reign over us.-' . (Louß cheers.) The Acting Prime Minister (Sir James Carroll) said: "I believe I am exJrSni the hope of,every British subject through outthis great Empire, and that hope is, may the King Jjve; may he be spared to long, rule over a united and federated Em-

pire with a monarchical head and a demo- j cratic base, and that each of these great units which form the Empire may enjoy the blessings of peace, and live under the true principles of justice, freedom, and ; liberty. God save the King!" plause.) MESSAGE FROM NEW ZEALAND. (By Tetegraph.—.Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The following cablegram was sent to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, through the Governor: —"The Government and people of New Zealand desire to tender their respectful congratulations to Hμ Majesty the King on the occasion of his coronation. They pray that, by the blessing of Almighty God, His Majesty may long be spared to reign over his people." The Governor gave a State dinner last night MAORI ADDRESS TO THE KING. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) ROTORTJA, this day. At the demonstration yesterday an address expressive of loyalty to King George -was adopted. At a meeting of the Arawa tribe at Ohinemutu last night the following resolution was adopted for transmission to the King through the Governor: "We, the tribes of Arawa people desire to respectfully tender our ■congratulations to His Majesty King George V. and Queen Mary on tliSs, their Coronation Day. We renew our oath of allegiance, and reconfirm the sentiments of loyalty given expression to during the Royal visit to Rotorua in 1901. We pray that the blessing of the Almigbhy may ever i-est upon our grievous King and Queen, and that unity, peace, and happiness may be the portion α-f his people throughout this great Empire."