ILLUMINATED ADDRESS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21753, 30 June 1945, Page 4

ILLUMINATED ADDRESS

WELLINGTON PROPOSAL

PRESENT FOR PREMIER 'FRJSCO WORK PRAISED (P.A.) WELLINGTON June 30. An illuminated address, for which it is hoped to obtain 20.000 signatures will be presented to the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser, at tlie civic reception to be given him in Wellington on July 10 by the Mayor, Mr. W. Appleton. The first signatories to the address are the Bishop of Wellington, the Rt. Rev. 11. St. Barbe Holland, Monsignor Mcßae on behali of the Most Rev. Thomas O’Shea. Catholic Metropolitan of New Zealand. Mr. T. C. Brasli Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly, and the Rev. W. A. Burney, for the Methodist Church.

The text, of the address is as follows; “On the occasion of your return to New Zealand from the United Nations’ conference on international organisation at San Francisco in May and June we the citizens of Wellington and district desire to place on record our warm appreciation of your most, excellent work on behalf of all nations great and small in the historic effort to build the structure of world security aeainst war and the causes of international conflict.

“From the beginning to the end of the deliberations at San Francisco you were a consistent and outstanding exponent of statesmanship and led the New Zealand delegation with distinction to yourself and our country. You never faltered in the effort to secure justice for all nations. Your wisdom was clear, steady and impressive. Ycu fought for the principle with the same ardent thoroughness that has marked the achievements of our armed forces on land and sea and in the air against the brutal Axis enemies of freedom. “We are proud of your service as leader of New Zealand and we are grateful for :he universal influence of your tireless and unselfish work. You have won for our country the esteem of the world. We shall always remember your service with gratitude. You have led us on from strength to strergth. Your satisfaction sir. will emerge with ours Jrgratitude for the victorv that has been the reward of loyalty, earnestness and unstinted effort. History will acclaim your record as worth/ service for your country and the world.”

BRITISH TORIES

(P.A.) WELLINGTON, June 30. The acting Prime Minister, the Hon. W. Nash, said yesterday that comment had been received from the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser, regarding the report which recently appeared in the New Zealand press of remarks made by Mr. Michael Foot in the London Daily Herald. Mr. Foot had referred to alleged criticism of British Toryism made by Australian and New Zealand representatives at San Francisco. The Prime Minister states: “I have not used at any time to anybody words that are ‘unprintable’ about ‘British Tories,’ or about any other person or persons. I have always observed meticulously the rule that no Government .must interfere with the internal political affairs of another country. That always has been the rule of conduct between nations of the British Commonwealth, and I have never been guilty of any departure from it in word or deed.”