THE WAITANGI ESTATE.
THEIR EXCELLENCIES’ GIFT
NATIVE APPRECIATION. WHOLE RACE STIRRED (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Saturday. “The gift of the Waitangl Estate by Their Excellencies Lord and Lady Bledisloe, to the people of New Zealand, has awakened a sense of profound admiration In the minds of the Maori people,” said Mr H. D. Bennett to-day. He added that ho had the authority of the Bishop of Aotearoa to say on behalf of the native race that the announcement of the gift had stirred the imagination of the Maori people throughout the length and breadth of New Zealand, as in the political field Waitangi was a star in the firmament. For their worthy and thoughtful act Their Excellencies’ names would ever retain a warm place in the hearts of this and future generations.
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Waikato Times, Volume 111, Issue 18642, 21 May 1932, Page 6
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132THE WAITANGI ESTATE. Waikato Times, Volume 111, Issue 18642, 21 May 1932, Page 6
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