MR T. M. WILFORD RETURNS FROM A TOUR ABROAD.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18016, 29 November 1926, Page 9

MR T. M. WILFORD RETURNS FROM A TOUR ABROAD.

SPEAKS HOPEFULLY OF BRITISH CONDITIONS. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON. November 29. Mr T. M. Wilford, M.P., returned to Wellington to-day after a health tour of Great Britain and the Continent, accompanied by his wife. He said he was glad to be back. During the last two months in London he did his best to inquire from those who could speak with authority on the commercial position as to the. outlook for New Zealand in regard to products and the marketing of cheese,

meat and butter. Apples interested him and also beam wireless, naval defence and migration. With Sir T. M’Kenzie he represented New Zealand at the International Parliamentary Conference at Westminster. Speaking of the Strike, he said the nation was to-day licking its wounds, but they would take some time to heal. He thought it was well for the world that the general strike was tried in England, for the world realised now through that effort that British stability was the mainstay of European ordef. The nation as a whole never wavered in the test. He was satisfied legislation would be brought down at Home to kill minority rule in some trade unions if they did not put their houses in order. New Zealand's name stands high at Home. The hospitality they had had to refuse in the first five months of their visit and the hospitality they enjoyed in the latter months both in England and Scotland would never be forgotten bv them.