IN GREAT BRITAIN
PEOPLE OPTIMISTIC
Judging by letters he had received from New Zealand while on a ten months' holiday in Great Britain, the people of New Zealand took a much more serious view of the international situation in Europe than the people of England, Archdeacon H. Monoghan, of St. Mary's, Timaru, said when interviewed on the Makura today. The people of England were all cheerful and optimistic regarding the future.
■ Mr. Monoghan and his wife returned via the Mediterranean and called at Naples, where they saw 20,000 Italian troops embarking for East Africa. They also saw a large number of warships at Gibraltar and Suez.
While in England Mr. Monoghan, who has played cricket for Wellington, was made an honorary member. o£ the M.C.C. and received a cordial reception from cricketers everywhere he went. He was present at the second Tes' with South Africa and alsc had the pleasure of seeing Don Bradman make his last big score in Melbourne. Most of his holiday in England was spent on a motor tour around the cathedral towns.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 16, 20 January 1936, Page 8
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