STATE WELCOME
AMERICANS ABOARD CLIPPER (By Telegraph.—Special to Times) WELLINGTON, Tuesday An official welcome to distinguished Americans due to reach Auckland aboard the American Clipper on Thursday will be tendered by the Minister of Lands, the Hon. F. Langstone, on behalf of the Government. The Minister will probably leave Wellington tomorrow night. Following the official welcome at the airport there will be a dinner at the Grand Hotel, at which the visitors will be the guests of the Government. The Minister will be accompanied by a senior officer of the Department of Internal Affairs. Seven of the passengers on the American Clipper, including Mr Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, are coming to Auckland and will arrive tomorrow.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21203, 28 August 1940, Page 7
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