MR. MASSEY’S TOUR.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18427, 10 March 1922, Page 5

MR. MASSEY’S TOUR.

VISIT TO GISBORNE. (Per Press Association). OPOTIKI, March 9. Mr. Massey arrived at five o’clock yesterday from Gisborne. A large crowd assembled in the afternoon to attend the unveiling ceremony of the monument to fallen soldiers at a cost of £2,200, bearing over a hundred names, and there were many floral emblems. The returned soldiers and other units paraded, the former providing a firing party. Mr Massey, in a vigorous speech, re-called the heroic deeds of the soldiers and sailors in the war, and said the same elements were at work today that caused the war in 1914. He hoped in years to come, if war came, to find the Dominion prepared to help defend the Empire as in the late war. Mr. Williams, M.P. and the Hon. Gow, were amongst the other speakers. The Premier left at seven o’clock for Whakatane. Owing to the shortness of his stay he was unable to receive deputations', which caused keen disappointment. TE PUKE, March 9. The Prime Minister, accompanied by Sir Wm. Herires and Messrs. Williams, Poland, and Hockly M.P.’s and the Hen. Gow M.L.C., arrived here to-day from the East Coast districts for the purpose of opening the new battery at Muirs’ Gold Reefs situated nine miles from the township. Sir Wm. Herrlee opened the war memorial gates and tablets at the local high school. The party then proceeded to the mine where, 'in the presence of a large crowd, the Premier started the battery working. To-night he is being entalned at a banquet by the people of the district. To-morrow morning he receives; various deputations and leaves in the afternoon for Wellington via Rotorua.