FRIEND OF THE MAORI
LORD GALWAY’S PROMISE. CEREMONY AT OMAHU PA. [ Ter Press Association. 1 HASTINGS, July 18. “I promise that while in New Zea land 1 will do my utmost to be a true friend to the Maori people, and 1 will , encourage in every way possible de velopment schemes bringing prosperity to them,” said His Excellency, Lord Galway, at a ceremony this afternoon in which he presided at Omahu Pn, when he. unveiled a memorial to the late Taranaki Te Un. There were pres ent at the ceremony groups of natives numbering about 2000 from Taranaki, Wairarapa, East (’oast, Bay of Plenty, Wanganui, King Country and Urowera districts. His Excellency was also present to play at a civic reception in Napier, where he also laid the foundation stone of the new art gallery and addressed school children. To morrow he will receive a civic welcome at Hastings in the morning, and proceed south iinme diately after.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 167, 19 July 1935, Page 11
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