THE GOVERNOR GENERAL
TERM CLOSING ’
‘ ‘ Most of you are aware that I am now nearing the end of my term as Governor-General, and were it not for the war, Lady Galway and I would be leaving the Dominion in a few weeks' time," said the Governor-Gen-eral, Lord Galway, in a New Year Jaessago, broadcast from Auckland on Sunday night. "In the present circumstances my time in New Zealand may bo extended for a, short period," His Excellency continued. "However, this will probably be the last New Year's Eve on which wo shall be in the Dominion, and I would like to take the opportunity of expressing once again our heartfelt gratitude for the many acts of kindness which have been accorded to us and to our children in all parts of the country. We have greatly enjoyed our stay hero in New' Zealand. It will always remain with us as a happy period of our lives. "To one and all throughout the Dominion and in New Zealand dependencies, pakohu and Maori alike, we send our best wishes for a very happy New Year. We pray that it may bring peace to our Empire and that the new era will bo one of still greater pro-gress-to New Zealand."
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Patea Mail, 3 January 1940, Page 2
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207THE GOVERNOR GENERAL Patea Mail, 3 January 1940, Page 2
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