NEW FRENCH CONSUL.
ARRIVAL AT AUCKLAND. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Feb. 26. “It was at my own Special request that I was sent to New Zealand as consul. I have heard so much about the beauty of your Dominion and the hospitality of your people,” said M. Andre Pouquet, the new French Consul at Auckland, who arrived in the AVanganella, accompanied by his wife. He succeeds Mr Edmond C. Meyer, who returns to France on leave. M. Pouquet is aged 42. He has served in the French Legation at Tangier, al,so ift Smyrna, Turkey, and, for 13 years lias been attached to the Foreign Affairs Department at Paris. He has been decorated as a Knight of the Legion of Honour. Questioned about Mr Eden’s resignation, he said any such move could not affect the friendly relations between France and Britain. “I like Mr Eden very much because of his true view of the European situation, but maybe the efforts of Mr Chamberlain to ensure peace will succeed. All the troubles in Europe today are due to misunderstandings and any move that will clear them up is to be welcomed.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 77, 28 February 1938, Page 11
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189NEW FRENCH CONSUL. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 77, 28 February 1938, Page 11
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