GOVERNOR'S GREETINGS

Evening Star, Issue 22843, 29 December 1937, Page 13

GOVERNOR'S GREETINGS

CORDIAL MESSAGES EXCHANGED (Per United Press Association) AUCKLAND, Dec. 28. The following letter has been received by the Governor-General (Viscount Galway) from the Gov-ernor-General of Australia (Lord Gowrie):— “Government House, Canberra, December 21, 1937. “My Dear Governor-General, — "It is a great pleasure to me to forward by the Empire flying-boat Centaur us to your Excellency a message of goodwill and affection from the people of this Commonwealth to those of our sister Dominion, New Zealand. Although the forthcoming flight of the Centaurus may be regarded in the nature of a survey flight, its objective is to bring nearer to hand the inauguration of an Empire flying-boat service between our two great dominions. I trust the New Year and each year .which follows may bring to your Excellency’s Dominion and to the Commonwealth happiness, prosperity, and peace. “ Yours sincerely (Signed) Gowrie. His Excellency, Colonel the Right Honourable Viscount Galway, P.C., G.C.M.G., D. 5.0., 0.8. E., GovernorGeneral of New Zealand, Government House, Wellington. His Excellency has replied as follows: “ Government House, “Auckland, “December 28, 1937. "My Dear Governor-General, — “ It was most gratifying to me, as Governor-General of New Zealand, to receive your message of goodwill and affection from the people of the Commonwealth on the occasion of the flight of the Centaurus from the

Mother Country to New Zealand via Australia. I can assure you that the landing of the Centaurus in Auckland Harbour yesterday was ample proof to all who saw _it that an Empire flying-boat service between England, Australia and New Zealand is, to all intents and purposes, an accomplished fact. I most cordially reciprocate your _ good wishes for the New Year. It will be my pleasure at all tunes to cooperate with your Excellency for the good of his Majesty’s service m these portions of his dominions. “ Your sincerely (Signed) Galway. His Excellency the Right Honourable Lord Gowrie, V.C., G.C.M.G., C. 8., D. 5.0., Governor-general of the Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra.

EPOCH-MAKING FLIGHT

AUSTRALIAN PREMIER'S LETTER (Per United Press Association), AUCKLAND, Dec. 28. The following letter from the Prime Minister of Australia (Mr J. A. Lyons) to the Prime Minister of New Zealand (Mr Savage) was brought to Auckland by the Centaurus;—■ “ My Dear Mr Savage,— “It is with very great pleasure that I am availing myself of the opportunity, given by the flight of the Empire flying-boat Centaurus to send through you greetings from the people of Australia to the people of New Zealand. This flight will bring our two countries ever closer together than they haye been in the past, and since it is the first practical step towards the establishment of a regular flying service across the Tasman it marks an epoch in the relations between the two countries. “ I am, youn sincerely, , J. A. Lyons.”