Each delegate to the Alaster 1 ainters’ Conference who was called upon to speak in reply to the Alayor’s words of welcome yesterday afternoon was stemiiiglv imbued with tha spirit ot local patriotism. Air. P. Birch' referred to Auckland as a fine city, which ; ts residents hoped would keep in tho van. Air. Savage sa : d that he represented beautiful, sunny Nelson, where none of his men ever lost an hour through bad weather. Air. P. Is. Fingey referred- to “pretty, prosperous, and progressive AVnnganui,” adding that for prettv bungalows and fheir decoration AA’e.iingtoii was not pip to lhe standard set in AVanganui. In conclusion. Air. (>■ Gapes (Wellington) sa’d quietly that before the delegates left it was hoped to show them that Wellington hc.d some claims to beauty, and that AVanganui did not monopolise all the good tradesmen in the country.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19230221.2.46
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 133, 21 February 1923, Page 5
Word Count
141Untitled Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 133, 21 February 1923, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in