GENERAL PAU'S REPLY
General Pau replied by telegram as follows : "Your cordial wire, which by. a delicate attention was delivered to us by the pilot .in the Auckland Harbour, was the first message of welcome to reach us, even before we had set foot <Jn the soil of your beautiful Dominion. On behalf of the French Mission, I desire to thank you most heartily, We -are sorry that unfortunate circumstances have delayed our arrival, and we apologise/for the trouble which this delay may have caused to you. May I say that we ..are'delighted to be able to come at last .by the first boat which has reached New Zealand since so many weeks from Australia. Let me hope that the friendship created between o«r two countries by the common fights of our brave soldiers on so many battlefields may.be strengthened by our visit. Wo are proud to bring you the deep and hearty thanksv of France.—(Signed) General Pau."
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 155, 28 December 1918, Page 7
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