MR. WILFORD WELCOMED

Taranaki Daily News, 18 January 1930, Page 3

MR. WILFORD WELCOMED

LONGER TERM SUGGESTED. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Jan. 16. “The High Commissioner’s term is fat too short; I hope it will be lengthened in Mr. Wilford’s case,” said Lord Jellicoe, who presided at the New Zealand Association luncheon to welcome Mr. T. M. Wilford. Lord Blodisloe was present. Lord Jellicoe described Mr. Wilford on his voyage to Japan using chopsticks like a Japanese, also learning Japanese, enough perhaps not speaking it like a ; Japanese. Mr. Wilford said New Zealand had not shut, barred and bolted the door against migration, but was marking time for economic reasons; meanwhile it was buying British goods. He hoped to see a New Zealand Women’s Association in London. Perhaps his local knowledge of the Pacific, round whLh. dwelt half the population of the world, might be useful at the naval conference. He had visited 32 countries, meeting their leaders and trying to under- x stand their problems. Mr. Wilford listened to the Wellington memorial carillon at Hyde Park to-day. “The bells are beautiful; they appeal to the best in us," he remarked.