THE FRENCH MISSION

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 85, 4 January 1919, Page 8

THE FRENCH MISSION

i- - :i:-:.-:.-y-',;....■. ; >; * ' .',' ..-' r - ■■'./'..■ ■'.■••' '' . ■■ ■-■ '■ •■. ■,■ ■■■■•.• ■.■•■■■■; I';'--', j APPOINTMENTS IN WELLINGTON. i : ■".-" knowayet whether the r French, ; ; - .Mission will.arrive here.to-morrow even- :'-■■■ ;ing"qr, on Monday morning. i'The;'mem. ;■; ■.bere'bf.the party, hftve/l}eeri;doiiig'soine \■. ■-';' - rapid travel. during the past 'day or tiro, ;•• '...'end: they will have to decide : for them- (' selves .whether they will'make the trip i>. .^from Wanganui."in one day. and arrive ! '.here on' Sunday evening! , To-day they* ;' . -' wirl'leave the Main Trunk train t& Tail-. 1'. ,, ■ .marunut' at G'o'clock-: in , the morning, j .. down the -upper reaches of the Wauga- !. \ nui. River, to Pipiriki House, and then I■•-■.-■. pro in the steamer, to Wariganui. This, ' ; trip>. usually is divided into two days, ! :and to do the journey in one day. the \: : - ':■ party will have.to spend- practically the- ■:.■ Khole day;on.the rirer.: , ''.'■. .'• ';■■■■ ;.Tn "Wellington, : in addition to the civic i 'reception to which they have-been in- !; vlt6d, : thevseyeral. members of the inis- [. .:• Rioh'hope to! inate^epihe^iiitiuiries 1 aboiit i • industry and comm'eroe. Appointments j'v; "have been made for them with the heads ! ■■■'■ '. ,o!f-:;Governnie_nt Departments; who may y ;.ha,ve r usefnj information to give on.\ the !• ;. ."pubjgpte. the mission, is ini ■''■■■ ftuiring. StSt'cinehts are being prepared i■'■!■■ p.v.the Departmentsyfor the information i; : : '. ,6'ythe mission..' Some, members -of. the !■-' •;'. :inission willmeet represeritative'commerl ■ and others" will inquire about I ■ 'labour conditions/'. V.'" ■ ■".:..■ . ; ~ "The Government has asked Mr. M. J. ; ' -Eeardon, president of the Trades and' T - Labour. Council, to meet the mission as •' ■ '•■/■■fliey' representative .of organised Labour, c.;.' has.consented .to act. !.' ;.:",\Vhen the'mission, returns to' AVelling- !. :. ton (here.is to be a reception'during the, ! / 'afternoon; at which allniay attend, and ! /, ; in ; -the'eveEinpr the visitors will be'given ST , : 'li- , dinner at the Wellington' Club by the r- Ministry.'' • '-. ..'.-.'. ■' . I: ■ '."-.lE'wag the intention' of the '.'mission' to !■'• New Zealand by ffio! Niagara on :-.■.■':': Jiinuary 15," but .the' Niagara may not !;' 'W:back'6n ; this coast'by. that time.■: If I;■ shares the.fate of ; the 'Ma-' ;' ' ; ktirav and other 'steamers the .mission j". niay have sometime to spare.' In that ).-'. : .'caee they;, may- go. farther . south than ;:-\ CEristchurch;.v;Tf..it is poseible for them ;■' :to visit' any towns "ether" th-in the four C /chief centres, they may everi'go as far !'• ' ;B.outh;_as;..lnyercargill. On the other 1..-, ■" -/..-aiarid, ' prefer, to.'jjivn more I•• JfflgyipJiheir inquiries■ in' Wellington, i: . vwhich, under the' present arrangements r : :''. ; , : -V"iWnsi;;,necessarily, .be,, jery hurried. If; J ■."they go farther, south they cannot- be i;. back here as"-intended on January 12 for f. : 'the'functions on .the following day. ); AT TAUMARUNUI. !■;,.,';';" fiy TeleffraDh.—Press Association. ■ . !:■■' '.-■.'•• ' Taumarunui, January 3. ! " : ;'.The French Mission arrives here at 2 o'clock on Saturday morning. The visi- ■ tors will be accommodated in a, special ! . throw-off sleeper, and will remain at the ; ' '- -. fitationv till- 6 o'clock, when they will !.". .leave for .the boat-landing for the down- .;. .river, .trip.. ..Tlje. party will be receivedI en^-farewelled'by- r t.he .Sfayor, borough h coilpeillors, and public at the landing, j whichha9 been lavishly decorated for'the | : . .occasion;" v -.; .■_ ......~' : ( ■ .' .■'■■"■ ' _—_ I " v /DUNEDIN BEQUESTS A VISIT. r;.'•:.; By Telegraph—Press Association.' i ', Dunedin, January 3. ! :• A .deputation approached ■ the a'ctingi \ Mayor expressing the city's strong re--1 sehtaient at the omission of Dunedin !. : from the ~French Mission's itinerary., i -Telegrams urging a visit here, even if f. brief,, were despatched to Sir James Allen j and.General Pau, and later on, it being. j. discovered that the Niagara's sailing date i; will probably be deferred from the 15th j..-.- to.the 22nd, this news was communicated ! to Sir James Allen as an additional lever :-;■'' to.secure a visit to'Dunedin. '