HULL'S COMMISSIONER,

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1651, 18 January 1913, Page 8

HULL'S COMMISSIONER,

.'■;... A FAREWELL MESSAGE. ■;'.''■ .';• Mr. Austin, Wilson; who has spent the past'year in New Zealand and Australia for the purpose of endeavouring-to work up a direct trade between tho colonies and tho port of Hull, h?ft yesterday on his return Home. Writing to the Press Association, Mr. Wilson says:—"As lam leaving New' Zealand to-day I should like, through your medium, to • express my gratitude, for the generous . hospitality which has been extended to mo on all sides. I. havo had a good look round the Dominion, nnd the evidence of: ybuf progress and enterprise mako: me-, feel frond that I am.a.unit 'of,.'the.'British mpire; . I am. going '. {Hoinel. with '. a broader outlook, and.shall endeavour to help my friends to realise: the conditions of life out here. In.my travels through New Zealand I have seen no evidences of poverty, but every indication of general prosperity; and I am satisfied you get more out of life than wo do, at Home. So far as the special object of-my visit is concerned, I am satisfied with the assurances I havo got, and feel-convinced that the opening up of direct trade with Hull will soon bo an,accomplished .fact. Wlwn I have, the privilege of coming out here again I hope to be able to sail direct from Hull."