LORD JELLICOE

Grey River Argus, 24 April 1925, Page 5

LORD JELLICOE

A LONDON ENTERTAINMENT EULOGY' Ob’ NEW ZEALAND. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, April 22. Earl Jellieue uas entertained bv the Colonial Institute at the Grocers’ Hall. H wns; one of the largest functions of recent years, the company including a representative of Mr Amery (Colon ial Secretary) Mr Ormsby Gore ■: 1 n.ler 1 Secretary for the Colonies) and the New Zealand High Commissioner, Sir .1 .Allen. Sympathetic references "'ere made to Mr Massey. Mr Ormsby Gore eulogised Mr Massey as a mail who had contributed as much as anyone to th ccouneils of the Empire. Lord Jellicoe. to the toast of his health, declared that his work in New' eZalaml had been rendered ea.-y by his predecessors and the (.■uipct-ate New Zealand era. Ire regretted that lie had gone to Ni" Ze.i lanil sixty years too late. Lord JeL licoe claimed that the Dominion had led the way in Imperial prefereuee, old i,“c pensions, and in industrial arbitra. tion courts. It also led with its "ailime contingents. He mentioned Mr L.loyl George’s telegram, which, was received in Wellington at 7.-15 in the evening during his investiture, after which a Cabinet meeting was immediately hold, and a reply desjmtclu.d at 9.30 the same evening. Ho was most proud of his connection with New Zealand, and his ou„ wish was to visit the Dominion as soon as family ties permitted. Lord Jellicoe concluded with n feeling reference to Mr Massey s ill. ■ ness. and lie expressed a hope for b's restoration to health.