ROTARY CLUB
ADDRESS ON NIGERIA A very large number of members and visitors attended the Auckland Rotary Club's weekly luncheon "Yesterday in Milne and Choyce's Reception Hall. Mr. C. K. Gricrson presided. A solo, "Land of Rope and Glory," was A'ing by Mr. Heddle Nash, of London, who is taking a prominent part in the- Centennial Music Festival. Visiting Rot aria lis -were Messrs. A. B. Wall (Dunodin), F. Jones, D. C. Peacock (Wellington), P. W. Peters (Napier) and B. S. Angus (Dargaville).
The task confronting members of the British Colonial Service in Nigeria was described by Mr. W. M. Milliken, an Aucklandcr who is on furlough after a tour of duty with the service in Nigeria. He gave members a comprehensive view of the country and of the. . service, describing how the latter con- j \ sisted of a number of departments with the administration servicp running through all. co-ordinating 'thsrt efforts and carrying out the policy of the". ./ British Government as represented by: the Colonial Office. % ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23679, 11 June 1940, Page 8
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