BUSY PREMIER BAVIN

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 675, 29 May 1929, Page 11

BUSY PREMIER BAVIN

NG CHANCE 01- A REST' IN LONDON AUDIENCE WITH POPE (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) \ Reed. 9 a.m. LONDON, Tuesday. The Australian and New Zealand Press Association interviwed Mr. T. R. Bavin, Premier of New South Wales, who is getting almost a continuous stream of letters and visiting cards. He smilingly pointed to his paper-strewn desk at Australia House and said: “I am unofficially visiting Britain purely for health reasons, paying my own expenses; but I seem fated to be denied £f complete rest. 1 have been overwhelmed with hospitality, and I am delighted with proofs first-hand of the cor’dial relations between Britain and Australia. I was thrilled by the magnificent Royal tournament at Olympia, a display of physical prowess typical of the British people’s striving to achieve the maximum, despite unemployment.” Referring to the Pope s .audience. Mr. Bavin said: “The Pope was charmingly cautious and warmhearted. He declared that I was the first official visitor to the Papal State. The Pope expressed gratification at the success of the Eucharistic Congress, and said he appreciated Australia’s fervent devotion to the Church. His Holiness manifested interest in Australia’s progress, interrogating me for a quarter of an hour.” Mr. Bavin leaves for Australia via Canada, on July 6. In the meantime he Has hopes of trout-fishing in English streams miles from London, where there will he sunshine and calm and solitude. T feel that I need a rest," be said.*