SIR HARRY BATTERBEE
PREPARING FOR DEPARTURE TRIBUTE TO MR JORDAN LONDON, Dec. 20. Sir Harry Batterbee, responding to Mr Jordan's toast at the New Zealand Society's farewell luncheon, said the appointment of a High Commissioner to New Zealand had not been made because the present system had failed to work or because relations between the United Kingdom and New Zealand were becoming more difficult, but because the whole range of international affairs had so increased that new means of communication were necessary. The solution of problems by consultation must be extended and the gaps between Imperial Conferences must be filled if the Empire was to progress. He paid a tribute to Mr Jordan's help in preparation for his departure. He hoped to make his home in Wellington a meeting place for the exchange of ideas in order to equip himself as an ambassador in the wider sense. The Duke of Devonshire saidthat, without minimising the work of Governors-General, he thought New Zealand would greatly benefit as the result of someone at hand knowing the inner workings of the Government of Britain.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23689, 22 December 1938, Page 11
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