APPEAL FOR PATRIOTISM

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19777, 3 November 1938, Page 20

APPEAL FOR PATRIOTISM

DOMINION INVESTORS N.Z. STILL BEST AVENUE VIEWS OF SIR E. DAVIS (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. In opening the 1938 conference of the Associated Chambers of Commerce this morning, the Mayor, Sir Ernest Davis, extended to the delegates a < hearty welcome to Auckland. He said that to-day’s atmosphere of peace and goodwill might well regenerate* feelings of profound thankfulness for our deliverance from the recent international tension. He expressed surprise at the reports that capital was leaving the Dominion, and said that New Zealand remained as good a country as ever and, in his judgment, was still the best investment for local capital. Patriotism was best reflected in the consistent protection of the land we loved and desired to serve. As an impartial observer, he held that the Government of the day was entitled to receive from every section that measure of co-operation and goodwill essential to the successful administration of the affairs of the country. Doubtless the Government would welcome any initiative which sought to subjugate party politics and sectional policies to higher ideals, understanding, tolerance and mutual trust. This was his conception of patriotism.