Lord Galway Praises Mr. Chamberlain

Northern Advocate, 26 January 1939, Page 5

Lord Galway Praises Mr. Chamberlain

‘ special to “ Northern •Advocate " 3 8® ■* - TE AROHA, This Day.

The Governor-General, Viscount Galway and Lady Galway, paid their first official visit to Te Aroha yesterday, ,

His. Excellency, accompanied by the Mayor, Mr. R. Coulter, and the chairman of the County Council, Mr. W. C. Kennedy, inspected the Guard of Honour consisting Of members of the Returned Soldiers’ Association, the Legion of Frontiersmen and Boy Scouts, ■

r Referring to the international situaLord Galway said the British nation had viewed with the utmost consternation the crisis which occurred in October.

Thanks, however, to the efforts of a very great English statesman, peace had replaced the fear of war. Not until -wise counsel ruled in International relations could there be any prospect of a restoration of prosperity in industry and commerce. In the afternoon Viscount Galway and Lady Galway paid their first official visit to. the Morrinsville district, where they were welcomed by the Mayor Mr. W. Heatherington.

Two'factories in Berlin are producing synthetic rubber tyres with which all motor cars in Germany will be fitted in future. It is claimed they are cheaper than the ordinary tyres.