MR W.J. JORDAN IN LONDON

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21904, 3 October 1936, Page 21

MR W.J. JORDAN IN LONDON

I --u y * 1 I HIGH COMMISSIONER '■'CJ |l " , |' I ! INTEEVIEW WITH PRESS I WREATH LAID ON CENOTAPH I /- " 1 I f *- I {noic com on coxbxspo khskt.) I LONDON, September t. I An excellent impression has been I made by New High CommisJ sioner-designate in London, Mr W. J. j Jordan, M.P. Hip friendliness and gen- * j nine, desire to rpaintain the happy reJ latidnship between the MotherCoanI try and the Dominion have gainedinj stant approval, and there is every j reason to believe that he will be exj tremely popular. His arrival has reI eeived widespread publicity, and cmJphasis has- been laid upon his career [and the fact that he was once a LonJdon policeman. I Quite a .throng of New Zealanders (gathered at Waterloo station to give | him a warm welcome to London. They I were headed by the retiring. High ComI missioner. Sir James Parr. Also present were Sir Harry Batterbee, of ihe [Dominions Office, Brigadier-General Jo | Whitehead, deputy-Commissioner of [ the Metropolitan Police, Mr R. . Me- | Keen, MLP., and many others. Later j in the day, after Mr Jordan had visij ted his mother, he received a depute- , (tion from the-London newspapers. I This interview allowed Mr Jordan Ito explain the new. legislation being [introduced in New Zealand, and to I answer many questions. Mr Jordan said that a great responsibility rested upon j the iftngi’sh newspapers to give a true j representation of the efforts being (made by the Dominion Parliament- to (re-establish a satisfactory standard comfort ■ , j ‘X , Policy Explained | Mr ' Jordan expressed his absolute confidence in the new Labour Goyernj ment and its policy. Its' desire, he said, ) was to ensure to the people security (and a standard of living to. .which I their energy entitled than, and which the fertility of the soil amply pro- | vided. He gave an assurance that it was New Zealand’s desire to extend its trade with Great Britain, and with (other British countries to the great- ( est possible extent.-The Dominion also (intended to invite British people to settle, but only after provision had. | been made few employing her own I population. Above all. It would meet. ( in full all financial charges in Lon{don and elsewhere. - 1 With Sir James Parr, M* Jordan will also go to Geheva. when, be wiH be accompanied by Mr C. A. Bereujfe«i ( ahd DrTIL M. Campbell, of the High | Commissioner’s office. | Luneheopt at Savoy ( A pleasant gathering took place in • ( London when Sir James Part gave a - J private luncheon at the Savoy Hotel ] so that Mr Jordan might meet the ( senior members of his New. ZjEjaland ] House staff, and also the' 3eadj&g;fse--1 presentatives of the 1 New Zealand prp- ( daceJboasds, shipping toteiratts, "find I members of the firms of legal, | «ud brokers to the - GovmsiK&t \ AboqtJ^w^P^ informal. A feW-renuaks [ Government for more than 40 years, . j proposal a vote of thanks to Sir;, James / Parr. “ ; .' ' Mr Jordan performed his first official “duty" when he~'attended. the dinner given to celebrate the signing of j the treaty between Britain said Egypt, jHe was New Zealand's official repre- , sentative. , ( “From Parliament and the PebpM of 1 j New Zealand” was the inscriptionjat- | tached to the wreath laid by Mir Jor- ( dan on the Cenotaph, this week. This act of homage wag apferI on the meaning afterhe?had | officially^taken- over 'from' Sir Jmhes ■ I Barr, who retyredonthepre vious erven-' | ing. It was watched by a small, deputation. from New Zealand House, and j a few pedestrians and- ' ! %r FareweU Gathering ■" On the day Sir James retired be met, . ■ with Mr Jordan, members pf tfae s tab at New Zealand Rouse at an infoapnal tea-party. In a-short farewell address be thanked them for. tfaeir eopperation and loyalty. is . The new High Commissioner j*id that he brought with him thej&»d wishes of Ur Sayage, the istar, who shad asked that he should - deliver them in person. knowledge, he continued, tb&'abS&'aii' -New Zealand House gave every altention to the nquirenmnfe and-eoimtort ' New Zealanders in Ixmifenu-Be asked lor theirhelp.and co-operation, ' wd that the slightest doubt that the strongest ties" would odst between them im they had to do for New Zealand. 1 %.