INDIANS DEPART

Taranaki Daily News, 27 July 1935, Page 7

INDIANS DEPART

PLEASED WITH NEW ZEALAND. MESSAGE TO GOVERNOR-GENERAL. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. “This tour will be very difficult to forget,” said Mr. Behram Doctor, manager of the All-India hockey team, which sailed for Sydney by the Marama to-day ‘after playing matches throughput New Zealand. “We have formed friendships that will be life-long and we will take away nothing but good feelings, good thoughts and good impressions of this country,” he added.

The following telegram was sent by Mr. Behram Doctor to the GovernorGeneral: “On the eve of our departure I most cordially thank Your Excellency on behalf of the Indian hockey contingent for the reception that was accorded us by Your Excellency on the day of our arrival. That reception proved to be the forerunner of many kindnesses and considerations which have been extended to us throughout the wonderful and romantic country over which Your Excellency, as His Majesty’s representative, governs. Each and every one of us leave the most hospitable and most interesting people of New Zealand with very marked feelings of regret, tempered with memories which shall always be with us.” m he reply from Major Purvis, military secretary and comptroller to the Gov-ernor-General, reads as’ follows: “The Governor-General desires me to thank you for your telegram of to-day and to congratulate you and the members of the Indian hockey contingent on the conclusion of a most successful tour throughout New Zealand. His Excellency is delighted to hear that you have enjoyed your visit to this Dominion and wishes you and all the members of the contingent a pleasant voyage and a safe return to your country.”