MR. KELSON'S MESSAGE
: ■: '.PETITION TO GENEVA : ' - (Special.to:"Tlie /lEvoning Post."! :, "'.::-_^ AUCKLAND, This Day. v Mr. 6.. F. Nelson,' known by the chief's , name pf, Taisi, forwarded the following mdssage to the Sainoan peb-. pie prior to" his departure : yesterday for G*n'cya;r^''Thanks bo to God; our dear country has been ever kept in His love. I wishJ.to express the joy that the chiefs, orators, and the , wnoio of tho people have been 'patient under the hardships and..troubles., endured, and that peace has been kept. May it be so to':-tho;-.pjHlvJ iMy' work in Now Zealand has been thoroughly compietcd. My petition is about to bo handed to the New Zealand "'Government to bo forwarded- to: .the ."Leaguo of ; Nations. May, the ihOpeft of, Our little country bo realised* and'the,matter on which you havo- set your hearts be accomplished at Geneva. Let us trust God. :.. "Though, in exile in. those distant lands,. I find it impossible to wane in thp righteousness of. itho.; cause, of our pcoplo.. jii.thercforo move .around in confident.hopo that the day will soon come .-^vhen'-wo will see.the loving hand of God/in this matter. To Him shall ■ ■we> give praise." . .
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 65, 17 March 1928, Page 10
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189MR. KELSON'S MESSAGE Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 65, 17 March 1928, Page 10
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