A PRESENTATION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 795, 19 April 1910, Page 6

A PRESENTATION.

NEW ZEALAND WELSHMEN AND MR. LLOYD-GEORGE, Mr. Lloyd-George was presented recently at his house • in Downing Street with an illuminated address and greenstone paperknife from Welsh admirers in New Zealand. Mr. G." S. Munro, late general manager of/the New 7/ealand International Exhibition of 1906-7, in making, the presentation, said the address and memento came from his fellow-countrymen in a very remote part of the British Empire-the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The subscribers to the address lived far away in little New : Zealand, where they worthily kept iip the traditions of their native country. They were honest, hard-working, good colonists, and their pride in the Chancellor of the Exchequer and their sympathy with him in his grea*: work were very great. -Hβ hoped the memento would help to stimu-' late his efforts towards the successful ac- ; cpmplishment of his political ideals. If it served to do so in any degree he was sure his fellow-countrymen in far away deed nd would •» very happy in-'

T ke_ following ie a copy of the' address: "To the Eight Hon. David LloydGeorge, MJP., Chancellor of the Exchequer, London.

"Dear sir,—We, the.undersigned Welsh residents in the Buller County, in the Dominion of New" Zealand, desire to convey to yon our appreciation of your action and efforts in the cause of our fel-low-workers in the Old land. Totrr cottN age, energy, and '• self-reliance' have won the admiration .of your ' fel-low-countrymen throughout this district, and, we might ' truthfully, add, throughout 'the world. Your high, sense of justice, your indomitable courage, and tireless tenacity in the cans* of right at all times, and on occasions when you had to face universal unpopularity and desperate odds, have won the highest admiration of all Welshmen and the masses of the people throughout the British Empire. Your present position as one of his Majesty's Ministers is a fitting reward for your tireless energy and ability shown m the cause of democracy and in yoitr efforts to secure justice to the'working people. Wβ, as Welsh-' men, residing in this distant part of hii Majesty's Dominions, desire by this'short , address to show our appreciation of you as a and also of your sterling abilities and high qualifications as a statesman. We wish you success in your efforts' to right ' old-established wrongs, and we feel sure that you'will eventually, to a great extent at any rate, succeed in ; doing so. "We forward you herewith, as a small token of onr esteem, a New Zealand greenstone paper-knife, as a reminder that Welshmen, even in this distant part of the Empire, have a high appreciationl of your unsullied character, your fidel. ity to truth, your abilities as a statesman, and as a man •whos/j invineibl* termination is the uplifting and social betterment of the people.—Wishing you and yours prosperity and future happiness, we beg to remain, etc, <■ "THOMAS SAMUEL, HENBY E. I EVANS, MAYEION JONES."'

Mr. suitably acknowledged the gift, and expressed' pleasure at receiving 6ympathy in his! work from ■Welshmen living in so remote a part of the Empire. .. . . _