WELCOME VISITORS

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 249, 18 July 1944, Page 4

WELCOME VISITORS

The Parliamentary delegations from Great Britain and Canada, that are at present touring the Dominion, will find themselves vety welcome visitors —welcome because they come from the Mother Country and a sister Dominion respectively, and welcome also because they establish that personal contact which is of the greatest importance in days such as these. The community likes to feel that in entertaining them it is, in some way, honouring the countries from which they come and the peoples they represent. The British delegation, corning from the very centre of the Empire, will find that nowhere is the indomitable spirit of the people of Great Britain more sincerely admired than it is in this distant outpost. It is good to have the typically restrained assurances of the members of the delegation that the strength is there to meet every challenge and that in leadership and unity the highest standards have been attained. Like British people the world over we knew it, and that adds to the pleasure of having in our midst those, who played their part to achieve it. And New Zealanders will certainly welcome the opportunity thus afforded to let the. visitors know that these things have been an inspiration to the peoples overseas. The Canadian delegation comes from a Dominion whose contribution to the common cause has aroused genuine admiration. Under its policy of mutual aid the war effort of this country will be materially assisted, and developments, such as the great air training scheme, have tended to promote a firmer friendship and, it may be hoped, a mutual appreciation. If the delegation should find a tendency heie to refer to Canada as “the big Dominion” the reference is not solely geographical, for the generosity displayed by Canada in many ways since the outbreak of hostilities has been on an impressive scale. No doubt as they travel through the country the members of the two delegations will find differences of view and of opinion.. That is inevitable in a free country. But they will also find a unity of spirit in this struggle, a strong sense of kinship with the peoples they represent and a pride in their achievements in a common cause.