HOMEWARD BOUND

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16233, 6 January 1927, Page 7

HOMEWARD BOUND

MR. COATES EMBARKS

STIRRING FAREWELL

GOSPEL O'F EMPIRE TRADE

(Eloc. T<L Copyright—United Press Assn.J (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.)

(Received January 6, 11 a.m.) LONDON, January 5.

TJie yells of the Maori footballers war cry caused a rush to Waterloo platform, from which Mr. Coates left to embark ou the Aquitania. Mr. Coates, in the centra of a semi-circle of gesticulating Maoris, was obviously delighted with the homeland touch ot the farewell in which many notables participated. Mr. Coates, in an interview, stated that ho noticed Britain was becoming increasingly permeated with the ideal of Empire trade. Many were quietly pushing the sale of Empire goods, and consistently preaching that gospel. lie was glad to see a more hopeful spirit and wider outlook. All classes held a quiet confidence in the Empire's future. .New Zealand did not intend to rush migration, but steadily absorb young men and women of the right calibre, She had a lot more orders to place in Britain, especially for hydro-edectric gear. Sir James Parr accompanied Mr. Coates to Southampton. After a civic reception at Southampton, the town hand escorted Mr. and Mrs. Coates to the Aquitania, on which they have been allotted the vice-Regal suite. Mr. Coates was photographed on the npper deck, dwarfed between his cousins Mr. 1). H. U. Coates and Colonel J. Coates. The former is 6ft. 7in. in height.