LORD BLEDISLOE

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 March 1935, Page 12

LORD BLEDISLOE

WIRELESS’ MESSAGES. j [FEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.] • WELLINGTON, March 15. j His Excellency, Sir-Michael Myers, 1 Administrator of the Government, of , New Zealand, has received the following wireless message from Lord Bledisloe: “Beingsnow outside the territorial water df'-New Zealand, my wife-, and I send, through: Ybur Excellency, to the people of New-Zealand-bur pro- 1 found thanks for your-'innumerable | kindnesses during our sojourn among) you, and for the cordial and touching . farewell given to us on our departure. We leave with the happiest memories of the Dominion and its people, whom we shall ever regard’ with affection. (Signed) ; Bledisloe.” The Administrator has sent the-fol-lowing message in reply: “On-jbehalf of the people’ of New Zealand, -whose respect and esteem for you and Lady Bledisloe -have -been so- convincingly demonstrated, especially during the past few weeks, I thank you for your kind message. l It must be a source of deep gratification; to you both to realise that you enjoy the abiding affection of all New- Zealanders, to whose best interests you have so unselfishly devoted your lives during the past five years.. (Signed) Michael Myers, Administrator.”

LONDON TRIBUTE. LONDON, March 15. “The Times” in a leading article pays a tribute to Lord Bledisloe’s success in New Zealand. It refers to his outstanding agricultural knowledge, which proved an invaluable help to the Governor of a farming dominion during its difficult years, enabling him to use an authoritative understanding of its problems. It says: “It was his understanding and ready helpfulness which made Lord Bledisloe’s success. He seems, in retrospect, to have been training all his life for the post that he is now laying down, but no amount of agricultural knowledge would have won the position which he acquired in New Zealand, if it had not been combined with a keen interest in everything concerning the Dominion, and an instinctive - affection for its people. Even, in the depth of the depression, he proclaimed his uncon-, querable faith :in • New . Zealand’s future, which is shared byi everyone knowing its resources and the sturdy courage of its;people.”’