NEW ZEALAND POOH BAH.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 2498, 12 June 1920, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND POOH BAH.

TRIBUTE TO SIB T. MACKENZIE. A WORTHY REPRESENTATIVE. PROBLEMS OF EMPIRE. Electric Telegraph—Press Associatio Copyright. (Australian-N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received this day at 9.50 a.m.) London, Juno 10. Three hundred guest®, representative of political, financial, and commercial interest® attended a farewell banquet to Sir Thomas Mackenzie at the Mansion Hou.se. Lord Milner, in proposing the toast ol Sir Thos. Mackenzie's health, said he was a man so various that he seemed to be all mankind’s epitome. With the exception of a character in one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s plays, no man seemed to equal Sir Thomas Mackenzie’s activities. ‘‘There are lew of us in thi® country who have not trembled when we knew Sir Urns. Mackenzie was coming to complain about the treatment of New Zealand industries, but however vigorous he

might be in liis assault® on us in New Zealand’s interests, there was never

any sol •cues® in tlie controversy. He was that best kind of diplomatist, who was always welcome.” Lord Alii nor specially eulogised Sir Tho®. Mackenzie’s war services.

Lord Alilncr concluded by stating that Sir Thos. Mackenzie had been a worthy representative of his Dominion, and lie believed he had not seen the end of his public activities. Sir Tims. Mackenzie, replying, said tile war had disclosed the Empire’s soul, and showed the Allies and our enemies that it was impossible to touch one part of the Empire w ithout incurring the resistance of the whole. With the coming of peace the Empire had never had a better opportunity it we could get the people to settle

down to work. He thought niucn of tiie unrest wa® caused by profiteering, from which even tlie Government had not been free. The greatest consideration of the moment was. \\ hat is this country's policy to be toward® the oversea® Dominions i* Are wo to continue to o|h*h our doors to our enemies 'f Shall those of us who stood shoulder to shoulder receive no greater assistance than tin* enemies who would have reduced us to slavery it they had won i* At all costs we should maintain a. nu.vy and army equal to Imperial responsibilities. Emigration must also ho viewed from the Empire standpoint, and must not hi* a matter o! conflict- between the Motherland and the Dominions. Lord Milner presented Sir Thomas with an influentially sigiuxl and illuminated address, testifying to his valuable sen ices to New Zealand ana (lie Empire throughout the war.