TRIBUTES TO N.Z.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18416, 24 June 1925, Page 8

TRIBUTES TO N.Z.

ANNUAL DINNER IN LONDON. (by cable—rnESS associatiok—corntttft) (Sydney "SUN*" SKBYICZ.) (Received Juno 23rd, 7.25 p.®) "LONDON, Juno 23. At the New Zcalnnders* annual inner, the sequence of which had interrupted since 1014, Sir James Alto presided. - Tho guests included 31 r Amery, E#S Jellicoe, Lord Islington, Lord ItanfurlTf . Lord Liverpool, Earl Clarendon, Thomas Parkinson,, tho Hon. PcmbeT Reeves md the High Commissioner®. Mr Coates cabled cordial greeting"* nnd added: "New Zealand stands fOT», ' square with the Mother Country in all making for Empire unity, lb will fett HIT earnest effort to carry on tae Imperial policy Mr Jiassey so ardently followed.''

Lord Jellicoe, responding to hi* toast, referred to his unforgettable timo in New* Zealand, telling "ev*Tf wretched Englishman" that he'did not .« know what sport was until ho tackled New Zealand trout and red deer. His wife was worrying herfriMMJ l * insisting thftt there was no butter li£« New Zealand butter, and no wool to prevent influenza liko New Zealand wool. Ho wished that New Zealand would absorb oO times as many imtnigrnnts to enable more people to enjoy such r. wonderful country.

He eulogised the lato Mr MaeWT» commending his straightforward ho®* esty and simplicity of life as an example for the boys of New Zealand.

Mr Amery, (Secretary of State for Dominions Affairs), paying a tribute t° Mr Massey, said he had been succerftd by a statesman who could command tfc® confidence of his fellow countrymen i® Now Zealand.