RIGHT HON. J. BRYCE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1467, 15 June 1912, Page 4

RIGHT HON. J. BRYCE.

X Ap™ISTCHURCIivi : EECEPTION.:'J' .s A>l(B7tTei«sraph.-Pi'esa; ; Assocf(Uion.i | V > '' ,; ■i-m'^-' it",t : 9 fir 'stchurch, June ■ .r-ljie-Right-Hon.- , -'Jas.- Bryco, British'" ,, Ambassador'to the- United States, arrivcd ; < at Lliristchurch to-day,-arid was accorded: , "' a.;civic reception by- the ,, Mayor, ■-.-air; Br.ycc, in tlio course of an interest- ■'■ ■ing.-speecli, said that ho took it as a srood' ,; Bign.tiiat New Zealandors rejoiced to*-. , - Know tliat public men in England wero as ■■-.■ anxious to uiuksrstand the people iu this '■ country, as tho iieoplo here woro anxious ■ ■ .to , understand, them.- He thoroughly ap-- ,: preciated iii-eir:.'Botttimcnts of loyalty. ! « rubhe men at Homo knew that there vtia ' * :: no part , of the Empire in which . those W sentiments glowed with a truer flame thaiiW they did in New Zealand. They had known ■.;■: .that for many years, and the latest proof : ''.-: of Now Zealand loyally was not needed to -4 set tho Old Country know how anxious ■■"' this Dominion wiu.in that respect..... was a great pleasure also to visit ono part ■!''.'■ of the coiintry after another, and one city- , '?.-, after another, and to note that every ciiv i; had its own characteristics, and Uad suiiio"-/? tiling that was distinct and unlike . Hie*/ other cities. Passing on to otlwr subjectw' : .V Mr. Bryce gave a long, clear, and in-;....; tcrosting . address ' on- . municipal ' -aiid.S general "government, comi»ring New Zca-.r;-land with the Old showing tlia ;■'■ origia of municipal'rule, the best methods 'ifollowed, and their sffiect upon the Melii-V being■ of tho people. Ho also touched 0n."5 the efforts m»d« by tho Government to ; ,-* preserve (lie native forests, which, ho said, '? were an inraluablo nsset to the country.-'< : :

■'' The address was listened ■to -with deep interest, nud at its conclusion, the speaker, was loudly applauded. '■ . '/■ ."s:;: .' This afternoon Mr. , Eryc« attended Hiecapping ceromony at. Canterbury College:-.. He , will leave for Dtmedin by the 'first! express to-morrow. Hβ will subsequentlyscaLako Wftkatipu and ,, other, places V.qf.interest , in the south,;- and will*? i;a'sV through Christehurch again an his'-.v ay', back to Wellington, where ho will Ixj pre-y sent at the opaniug of ParHaniont,: 1 :-,;' , -.--;