DEPARTURE OF MR HOLLAND

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27038, 13 May 1953, Page 8

DEPARTURE OF MR HOLLAND

Many Well-wishers At Airport

VISIT TO U.S. ON WAY TO LONDON (New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, May 12. Hie Prime Minister (Mr Holland) and Mrs Holland left Whenuapai this afternoon for' Britain to attend the Coronation, Many well-wishers said §ood-bye to Mr and Mrs Holland at le airport, among them Captain I. N. E. Bruce, representing the GovernorGeneral (Sir Willoughby Norrie), the Mayor of Auckland (Sir John Allum), the | Minister Assistant to the Prune Minister (Mr W. H. Fortune), Mr E. H. Halstead. M.P.. and the president of the National Party (Mr A. McKeiizie). Mr Holland will visit the United States on his way. One of the last to shake hands /with the Prime Minister was 10-year-old John McKenzie. He saw Mr Holland having an earnest eleventh-hour discussion with the Mayor, and caused a roar of laughter in the airport lounge by mistaking Sir John Allum for the Leader of the Opposition (Mr Nash). Government business occupied Mr Holland almost until it was time, for him to leave Auckland for the airport One of his last engagements was a consultation with Sir James Fletcher about the affairs of the Tasman Pulp and Paper Company, Ltd. Telegrams of good wishes included one from Mr Nash. Before he boarded the aircraft, Mr Holland said he could safely say that he had never left so few matters unattended to before going abroad, but as both the Minister ofLabour (Mr W. Sullivan) and the Minister of Maori Affairs (Mr E. B. Corbett) were also bounds for the Coronation, a very heavy burden would fall on the DeputyPrime Minister (Mr K. J. Holyoake) and the other Ministers. He appealed to the public to be considerate in its demands on the time and energy of these Ministers. Mr Holland added that never before had he been showered with more good wishes than in Auckland on this occasion. At Nandi tonight, Mr Holland met the Minister in charge of Civil Aviation (Mr T. L. Macdonald), who is attending a conference there.

GIFT OF HONEY FOR QUEEN

PRESENTATION BY MR HOLLAND

TRANSPORT TO ENGLAND IN HASTINGS PLANE

(New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, May 12. During his Coronation visit to London, the Prime Minister (Mf Holland) will present to the Queen 601 b of pohutukawa honey, a comparatively rare delicacy even on New Zealand tables, as a gift from the Dominion. Air Marshal Sir Basil Embry has agreed to take the honey to Britain in his Hastings transport aircraft. Sir Basil Embry will leave Auckland on Sunday, after spending a fortnight in New Zealand. His plane is scheduled to reach England on May 28. Sir Basil Embry will have the honey delivered to the New Zealand High Commissioner in London (Sir Freaerick Doidge), who in turn will hand it to Mr Holland for presentation to Her Majesty. The Director-General of Agriculture (Mr E. J. Fawcett) completed the delivery arrangements in Auckland today, Pohutukawa honey was a favourite delicacy of King George VI, who was introduced to it by the former New ZeaJ? n d High Commissioner, Sir William Jordan, himself a honey blender. It is believed that this was it W Her Ma^esty ac Q uired a taste for hone ?- Peculiar to New Zea•j ’ i Produced in only a few seaside localities in the North Island where the pohutukawa bloom is the donunant flower Mr E. Handley, of Castor Bay, produced the honey for TSan5 Uee ki l ro u n h ?.y e! l On Hangitoto Island, which has the biggest stand of Pohutukawa trees in the country. Ihe honey was packed in 51b tins in Auckland. It was described tonight as water-white in colour, smooth-grained, ana having an unusual salty flavour, "

MINISTERS LEAVE WELLINGTON

MR SULLIVAN AND MR CORBETT

(New Zealand Preu Auociatim) The fe. ?H u . iva bt,and the Minister of Maori Affairs (Mr E. B. CorCorl ’ et J E left Wellington to y ui SrraaK todW ° n tl ” lr W taters Wl and Ct th S s ? cratar y to both Ministers, and the Assistant Director of Employment (Mr H. ParsonagT) eva h r? way to Gen * 7?„jy prese . nt the Government at ne t x t conference of the Interss. "Mra? ssuyvite ?ten ag^wiU y* B *! Government mtoiHaeue ffi Hp £m B / itain an l at ™e months H U 1 be away about three