GIFT TO PRESIDENT
RUG FOR MR. ROOSEVELT FIRST PACIFIC AIR MAIL MR. SAVAGE RECEIVES REPLY [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON, Thursday Tho Prime Minister, tho Rt. Hon. 31. J. Savage, has received from tho President of tho United States, Mr. Frauklip D. Roosevelt, a personal letter conveying greetings and thanks for tho best wishes extended to him by Mr. Savage. Mr. Savage's letter was included in the first air mail carried by the Samoan clipper from New Zealand to America, and accompanying it was a gift of a rug. "It gives me great plensure to acknowledge receipt of your holiday greetings sent by the first direct air mail from New Zealand to the United States," says Mr. Roosevelt. "The inauguration of this service was indeed a great occasion, and, though shadowed bv the recent disaster, I am sure this new means of communication will tighten still more tho bonds of friendship and goodwill between tho two countries. Thank you also for the rug which accompanied your letter. 1 shall keep it as a valued memento of your great country. With best wishes for a happy new year."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22972, 25 February 1938, Page 12
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