BRITISH FARMERS' TOUR
HOPES OF FRUITFUL MISSION. PARTY LEAVES LONDON. (United Press Association.) . (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, January 17. Sixty-one British National Union farmers and 15 of their wives left Waterloo Station to embark by the Remuera for New Zealand. They were bade farewell by Lord Bledisloe and Mr T. M. Wilford. The leader of the party, Mr S. 11. Whitley, said: “We have the keenest anticipation of a fruitful mission. We are going to learn and to exchange opinions and see if we can assist Empire farming, which, from the British standpoint, needs bucking up. It is really like going to visit relations.” Lord Bledisloe said he trusted that the delegation would investigate the possibility of obtaining from New Zealand the best strains of grass seed for use here, instead of the large proportion obtained from foreigners. Mr Wilford’s farewell, while shaking hands with Mr Whitley, was: “Go and see • how New Zealand transforms socalled worthless lands into rich pastures. It will be an eye-opener.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20929, 20 January 1930, Page 8
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