MR. MASSEY'S RETURN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18585, 18 December 1923, Page 9

MR. MASSEY'S RETURN.

HOMEWARD BOUND TO-DAY. GIFT OF CHRISTMAS PODDING. Sun. LONDON, Deo. 13. Mr. W. F. Massey will sail by the Aquitania on Tuesday. He intends to visit Quebec, Toronto, and Ottawa, and will oonsult Mr. Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada, on commercial matters affecting both Dominions. Tie general manager of the Hotel Cecil, on behalf of the staff, from page boys upwards, presented Mr. Massey, for his wife, with an enormous Christmas pudding, decorated with the Union Jack and the New Zealand flag. He said Mr. Massey was one of the most popular . guests ever at the hotels and had endeared himself to all.

POPULARITY IN ENGLAND. j JOURNALISTS' GOOD WISHES. S'peoial to P.A. . LONDON, Deo. 16. The London district of the Institute of Journalists, at its annual dinner, passed j a resolution expressing the regret of mem- j bers and guests at Mr. Massey'a inability j to be present, and sent him respectful and | cordial greetings. The meeting offered its sincere good wishes for his health and I a long continuance of his great services to New Zealand, the Empire,* and the worldMiss Stella . Murray, a New Zealand contralto who was among the contributors to a notable programme, scored an enthusiastic-, encore.: ■ J „ « The Daily Chronicle, which previously severely criticised Mr. Massey's references to Empire ? preference in his speeches prior to the elections, in a leader to-day says: "Mr. Masf,ey's speech at Wolverhampton, which was on similar lines, was very acceptable. It made one feel what a great advantage it is for the Dominions to be represented periodically in England by the political heads." Whitaker'B Almanack for 1924 contains a special two-page article on. New Zealand by Mr. Massey. ,

GOOD HEALTH RESTORED. RECOVERY FROM COLD. A. and N.Z. ' LONDON, Dec. 16. Mr. ' Massey has quite recovered from a oold contracted last week at Roehampton. .