MINISTERS AT TAURANGA.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1643, 9 January 1913, Page 6

MINISTERS AT TAURANGA.

: ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION. (By'Tolograph-Prcaß Acsocialioli.) ■ Tauranfla, January 8. .; : Tho Hons. W. H. Hcrrios and W. leasee reached 'i'auranga at noon (o-day. They l . :• I wi mot on arrival,by tho'Mayor and i representative public men,andifarmere of.' ; ' the district. Tho Ministers wore accorded*' . a public welcome, and met with an enthusiastic reception. • Both delivered short addresses, and wcro loudly cheered at tho ■■. conclusion, Te Meto Raukawo, ti prominv V. ent chief, also welcomed Mr. Harries and his colleague on hohalf- of tho Notivo; race, and presented Mr. Herries with an address. Mr. Herries replied, and tho ; Maories signified their-,aMiroval of hig : remarks by dancing n spirited ha|ta... At olio o'clock the Ministers wcro on- : tertained by the Mayor nnd tho Boroueli. Council at luncheon, at which about fifty prominent residents'also sat > down. Tho , toast of "Messrs. Herries and Frascr" ■ Was proposed and duly -honoured.:. Tho latter in tho afternoon attended a. fiirdea party in. tho Domain, where Mr. , terries was presented with a testimonial • from tho. people of Tauranga as a l eon-> venir of his first visit to tho district, as Minister, and expressive of, hearty .con-. gratulations on. his elevation to Cabinet rank. ''■ Subsequently a largo number of deputtw . tioiis waited, on Ministers at tho ■ Corona*. . tion Hall, in rcferonco to matters of local importance.. • This evening the-Ministers'were enter-) .',. tained at a complimentary banquet They ieavo for. Tc Puke to-morrow, via thflf; railway from Maunganui r thence jiroccedi . ing to'Whakatane, Opotiki, and.Rotorua, ■■■,