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DUNEDIN BARRISTER’SIMPRESSIONS REMARKABLE PROGRESS TN PALESTINE. ITALY AND GREECE LIKE ARMED CAMPS. WELLINGTON, May 16 '‘Under the British mandate, Palestine has made remarkable progress during the past few ycar s and _is now a very busy country, said Mr. A o' Neill, a Dunedin hamster, who returned yesterday from a si* months’ holiday trip in Palestine, EgyPU Italy Greece and France. 44 Britain, has certainly excelled iorself in Palestine,” he said. "The country was the most prosperous• wo saw and the people arc contented and’happy, with no signs of frict.on between the Moslems and Jews, Excellent diplomacy and valuable, woik has been done in* the development, of industry. . . . ~ : "Italy and Greece, said Mr. V o jll ‘are -like, armed camps. There , rc .soldiers' everywhere. What if* ill leading fo. I don’t know, hut there is hh air of nvilitan.sm ngh through both countries. When in Italy, one is loft with no doubts as to Mussolini’s -power.- There can he no denying, that he has done a tremendous amount of good. ■ . ' ‘France’s attitude appears .to oe •I-cnve ,nS alone.’ Their- sentiment there ; is -largely pacifist.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11946, 17 May 1933, Page 7
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