VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND
HAPPY MEMORIES OF PAST HOPE TO RENEW CONTACT WITH ANTIPODES Received May 21, 8.40 p.m. OTTAWA, May 20. Their Majesties to-day expressed a hope to a special representative of the Australian Associated Press that they would visit New Zealand and Australia again. At a Press reception at which Their Majesties chatted with journalists covering the Royal tour, the King and Queen referred appreciatively to their visit to New Zealand and Australia as Duke and Duchess of York.
The Queen said: “We have such glorious memories of both countries.’’ Their Majesties revealed remarkably retentive memories, as well as a keen interest in the Antipodes. Answering a question by the Queen, the Australian Associated Pres; special representative, Mr. Winston H. Turner, said he came originally from Wellington, New Zealand. The King smiled and said, “Ah, that’s the windy place.’”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 118, 22 May 1939, Page 7
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141VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 118, 22 May 1939, Page 7
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