WONDERFUL NEW ZEALAND.
LATE GOVERNOR SPREADS GOOD NEWS. PREMIER’S GREETINGS TO EXILES. [By Electric Cable —Copyright] [Aust. and N.Z. Cab'e Association.! (Received Tuesday, 7 p.m.) LONDON. June 22. At the New Zealanders’ annual dinner, the sequence of which has been Interrupted since 1914, Sir James Allen presided. The guests included Mr Amery, Lords Jellicoe, Islington, Ranfurly, Liverpool and Clarendon. Sir Thomas Parkinson, the Hon. W. Pember Reeves and the High Commissioners.
Mr Coates cabled cordial greetings, adding; “New Zealand stands four square with the Mother Country In making for Empire unity. It will be my earnest effort to carry on the Imperial policy Mr Massey so ardently followed.” Earl Jellicoe referred to his unforgettable time in New Zealand telling “every wretched Englishman” he did not know what sport was until he had tackled New Zealand trout and red deer. His wife was worrying her friends, insisting that there was no butter like that of New Zealand, and no wool to prevent influenza like that of New Zealand. He wished New Zealand could absorb fifty times more immigrants to enable more to enjoy the wonderful country.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19250624.2.46
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2715, 24 June 1925, Page 7
Word Count
185WONDERFUL NEW ZEALAND. Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2715, 24 June 1925, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in