PRIME MINISTER.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17121, 16 April 1921, Page 8

PRIME MINISTER.

. SPEECH AT AUCKLAND. (PRESS ASSOCIATION" TELEGRAM.) "AUCKLAND, April 15. The Prime Minister arrived from "Wellington by the express this afternoon.. Aji at home was tendered to Mr Massey to-niglit by the flavor. There was a largo and' representative gathering present. 31 r Massey received a warm reception 011 rising to reply to the.Mayor's welcome. He said he hoped that everything would go smoothly while he was away, but in any lie was confident that he wys leaving behind him colleagues who were capable of handling any s little troubles that might arise. .V w Zealand, lie .said, was supposed to be under a financial cloud. "1 need not tell you,'' li.« Added', "that she .is not alone in that respect. Clouds, howover, are nut permanent ur stationary. They will pass over, and I hope the time is not far distant when the sun will shine out from a clear sky." Speaking of his mission, Air Massey said li.' was out first, last, and every time, for a- strong, united Empire. The Dominions*were partners of the Empire on the understanding that eaclionation managed its own affairs and made its own laws, and did not do anything detrimental to'the other countries i>f the Empire or to the Empire itself. "To a great extent," he added, '"wears united by sentiment, which is more powerful tliau many people imagine. Sentiment brought lis through the greatest war the world has over seen. It menus and includes loyalty to the country, to the Empire, and to the Sovereign, and let mo say that.,no Sovereigns have deserved the affection of their people more than the reigniiiir King and Queen.'' Mr Massey was cheered at the conclusion of his speech. The Hon. J. G. Coates, the Hon. D. H. Guthrie, the Hon.. 0. J. Pari', the 'Hon. W. Nosworthy, the Hon. Sir 11. Heaton Rhodes, and the Hon Dr. Pomare have arrived to say good-bye to their leader, and -will remain here over the"week-end. In reply to a telegram of good wishes sent to the Prime Minister on the occasion of his departure from Wellington yesterday, en route to London, Mr 1. R. Climie, organiser of the Progress Lengrie, received the following telegram last evening:—"Many thanks to your president and members of the Canterbury Progress League for their kinu wishes in connexion with my approaching missiofi, which I wannly appreciate."