SIR CHAS. FERGUSSON

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17179, 8 February 1930, Page 5

SIR CHAS. FERGUSSON

FAREWELL MESSAGE HAPPY RECOLLECTIONS (Pf>r Press Association.) WELLINGTON, last night. Following is tho farewell message of the Governor-General, Sir Charles Fergusson, to the people of New Zealand: — “On leaving New Zealand, Lady Alice Fergusson and 1 wish to express our deep gratitude for’ all that kindness shown to us by one and all during our stay in the country. In our farewell tours we have tried to convey to you our appreciation of all that has been done to make our stay pleasant, and to express tho happiness with which we have made our home among you during the last five years, and the regret with which we part from yon. Our term of office has passed all too quickly for us, and we have nothing but the most happy and grateful recollections of the country and its people. “We would like to> add a special word of thanks and oS farewell to the people of the native race, whose friendship and confidence Nve have greatly enjoyed and prized. “To all New Zealand we send an affectionate farewell, not forgetting the children and young people who have at all times been such a joy to us. Wo have loved New Zealand since the time we were children ourselves hero, and we shall keep our happy memory of her for all time.”