THE N.Z. SOCIETY
“SPIRIT OF OTTAWA”
GENERAL BIRDWOOD’S TRIBUTE By Telegraph —Copyright —Press Assn. LONDON, May 24. Sir Thomas Wilford, presiding at the New Zealand Society’s luncheon at the Savoy, recalled that it was the jubilee of the frozen meat trade. The first cargo of mutton and lamb arrived by the ship Dunedin on May 24th, 1882. New. Zealand was now supplying Britain with ten million sheep and lambs yearly. Mr. Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, said Britain was prepared to encourage trade with any country in the world if given the chance, “but because the Dominions were giving us a greater chance than others, we were going to Ottawa determined to dovetail our interests in a spirit of mutual helpfulness.” General Sir William Birdwood paid a tribute to New Zealand’s magnificent troops in the war. He did not wish to meet better comrades and fighters, or finer gentlemen. The guests included the Earl and Countess of Liverpool, Countess Jellicoe, Sir James Mills, Sir Gordon Campbell, and Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, M.P. ■ejßi i iwiiiiwmi-——— m ii i iwnm
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 129, 26 May 1932, Page 8
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