"A WORTHY AND DIGNIFIED WELCOME"

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 35, 10 August 1925, Page 8

"A WORTHY AND DIGNIFIED WELCOME"

"I have every reason to believe thai the visitors will be more than pleased with the welcome which will be extended to them tp-morrpw," said the Mayor (Mr. C. B. Norwood) to a "Post" reporter to-day. "There is undoubtedly a growing feeling of enthusiastic anticipation among citizens, for which thanks are largely due to those who have so willingly interested themselves in thearrangements for the tendering of a worthy and dignified welcome which is always extended to international visitors by British subjects, and have perfected the organisation that officers and men may be go entertained that they may carry from New Zealand none but the happiest memories. There can be no question cf the great value of this visit to us from the point of view, of the splendid advertisement of the Dominion. We are so well informed ourselves about other countries that I am afraid we are inclined to overlook the fact, that New Zealand should 'be equally well known and underatood overseas. My own experiences in travelling .have shown me that New Zealand might be much better understood in other lands.

"I trust, that Wellington's welcome will be a worthy and a happy one—of that I have no doubt—that many benefits may accrue to the Dominion as a reflection of the accounts which our visitors will give of New Zealand and New Zealand people when they return to their homeland."