DISTINGUISHED VISITOR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19740, 13 September 1927, Page 12

DISTINGUISHED VISITOR.

RT. HON. EDWARD SHORTT.

INVESTIGATIONS AT ARAPUNI.

A distinguished visitor to Auckland ia the Et. Hon. Edward ShOrtt, K.C., British Secretary of State for Home Affairs from 1919 to 1922, who arrived from Vancouver by the Niagara yesterday. The main purpose of his visit to New Zealand is to inspect the Arapuni work* on behalf of Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Company. He is not actively engaged in politics at' present, and although not a member of the great engineering firm, he has wide business interests in the United Kingdom. The visitor, a staunch Liberal himself, is convinced that Liberalism :will come into power again in England. He thinks that at the next election the Conservatives will be returned to power with a greatly dimmished majority and thai at the following election the Liberals will have an excellent chance of being returned to power. He considers there is little to fear from Labour for many years, adding that its ranks were too divided This is the first visit ot Sir. Shortt to New Zealand. He has heard much about the Dominion and is keenly looking forward to seeing as much of it as time permits The length of his stay in New Zealand will depend on the progress of his investigations at Arapuni.