CONGRATULATIONS FOR SIR APIRANA NGATA

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 93, 11 July 1927, Page 12

CONGRATULATIONS FOR SIR APIRANA NGATA

“LONG AND USEFUL SERVICE" (THE SI X'S Parliamentary Reporter \ H ELLINGTON, Saturday Mention of the d.stinction 0 f knighthood conferred on the Hon Sir Apirana Ngata was made at the annual meeting of the Maor. Arts and Crafts Board to-day, and congratulations warmly extended to the recipient. The Hon. R. F. Bollard. Minister of Internal Affairs, in opening the lnoeiing said: "1 think it very fitting that we should express our warmest congratulations to one of the boards members. Sir Apirana Ngata. on the great honour recently bestowed on him by His Majesty the King. There is no doubt Sir Apirana has performed long, interesting, and useful service in the Dominion, and, like the late Sir James Carroll and Sir Maui Pomarc. Sir Apirana, in the advocacy of th*> cause of the Maori people has always shown, to great purpose, the good that they can achieve in this enlightened civilisation.” “In his well-reasoned utterances, both as'an honourable member of Parliament and as a member of the Maori race. Sir Apirana. lias had one aim for the good of all. Those who have heard the honourable gentleman speak in the House wish he would do so oftener. “The honour conferred is well deserved and I am sure my colleagues on the Maori Arts and Crafts Board will endorse the sentiments 1 have expressed, and extend to Sir Apirana their warmest congratulations.”