Guest Says Thanks For Unpleasant Evening
Singapore, June 6. The leader of the Australian goodwill mission to South-east Asia, Mr. Macmahon Ball, received a torrid time from othei guests at an official inner at Johore Bahru. He was the guest of the United Kingdom Commissioner-General in South-east Asia, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. Speaker after speaker rose to attack what they called Australia's recent “brutal” application of the White Australia policy. Leading Malay, Chinese, and Indian political and community leaders were present. Before shaking hands all round when he was leaving, Mr. Ball said to Mr. MacDonald: “It is usual for a guest, when departing, to thank his host for a pleasant evening. Might I on this occasion, sir, thank you for an unpleasant evening.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, 8 June 1948, Page 5
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