HON. G. W. FORBES.
AN. INTERVIEW. (Received Saturday, 11.25 a.m.) LONDON, Friday. Mr G. W. Forbes told British Press representatives that he had chatted for ten minutes with Mr Rameay MacDonald in the forenoon. He had heard Mr MacDonald in New Zealand in 1906, and formed the opinion that he was one of the most eloquent protagonists of Empire unity. lie paid a tribute to Mr P. Snowden, who was the only member of the Government whom he had met personally in New Zealand. New Zealand was interested in the constitutional problems involved in the 1926 Conference decisions, but was not prepared to formulate anything inconsistent with the most fervent devotion to Imperial unity.
He proposed to co-operate with Dr. Marsden in the development of scientific research, which had already had most profitable results in New Zealand. He paid an enthusiastic tribute to Lord Bledisloe as a most understanding Governor on farming problems. Questioned with regard to secession, Mr Forbes emphatically declared that the word was absolutely unknown in New Zealand, which was indissolubly attached to the .Empire.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 27 September 1930, Page 5
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