MR COATES’ GRATITUDE

Feilding Star, Volume 5, Issue 991, 5 January 1927, Page 8

MR COATES’ GRATITUDE

TOWN EDITION.

FOR GOOD TIME AT HOME. HIS FAREWELL INTERVIEW (Aust. aud N.Z. Cable). (Received Jan. 5,2 p.m.) * . London, Jan. 4. Premier Coates, interviewed justbefore leaving’ for New Zealand, expressed his gratitude for the kindness of public ■' and private hospitality wherever her and: Iris jy.if© bail gone. He had been most gratified by the .'cordial sentiment, demonstrated on every hand-towards the course followed -?b]H the 4 Imperial Goiiferen.ee, which would achieve important practical results. ■ He paid ‘a tribute to the efforts the British manufacturers had made to/keep abreast’with Dominion requirements. Britain’s industrial future, lie felt sure, would be bright if peace ’were"' 'ensured. His welcome in Britain would always remain a happy memory. He added that some people suggested tlmt the accomplishments of the Conference were political, and not ( practical. He considered the Conference had clarified the essential principles for the Empire’s future progress and unity. But it needed a ‘study of overseas needs regarding articles of general or domestic use.