SIR THOMAS WILFORD
COM IXC BACK AGAIN When proposing the health of Sir Thomas Wilford at the complimentary dinner to him in Wellington, the chairman, . Q 'i- Alexander Roberts, said he liopcd ilicv might have him back permanently in New Zealand before very long. He felt thai Sir Thomas' heart, as with all good New Zealandors, was here in New Zealand and that New Zealand was the country Sir Thomas would prefer to live in. "Of course I am coming back." said Sir Thomas later. "I. have never had any intention of remaining permanently in England. On every occasion I have had to sign any document or declaration I have always put 'Domiciled in New Zealand' and always will." Sir Thomas added that he had his little plot in the Lower Hutt churchyard. He was coming back to NewZealand as soon as he could.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19133, 30 September 1936, Page 15
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144SIR THOMAS WILFORD Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19133, 30 September 1936, Page 15
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