THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL
MAORI MEMORIAL UNVEILED INTEREST IN THE PEOPLE * [BY TELECKAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION] NAPIER, Thursday "I promise that while in New Zea- ; land I will do my utmost to be a true friend to the Maori people and I will encourage in every way possible the development of schemes bringing prosperity to them," said the GovernorGeneral, Viscount Galway, this afternoon, at Omahu Pa, where he presided at the unveiling of a memorial to the late Taranaki Te Ua. There were present at the ceremony groups of Maoris numbering about 2000 from the Taranaki, Wairarapa, East Coast, Bay of Plenty, Wanganui, King Country l and Urewera districts.
His Excel lency was also accorded today a civic reception in Napier, where he laid the foundation-stone of a new art gallery and addressed the schoolchildren. To-morrow he will receive a civic welcome at Hastings in the morning and proceed south immediately after.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22165, 19 July 1935, Page 12
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