“WE WILL NOT FORGET”
PRIME MINISTER'S TRIBUTE.
JAPAN’S TIMELY AID.
"Now Zealand will not forset . .
A signal tribute was paid to
the Consul-General for Japan, Mr. Tokukawa, by the Prime Minister, Mr. Coatee, at the * Auckland Rotary Club's luncheon yesterday, to the Secretary of State for the Dominione, Mr. Amory.
Welcoming the Consul-General on his second visit to the Dominion, the Prime Minister said New Zealand would never forget the debt she owed Japan, who came to her in her hour of need.
“When we were in trouble during the war years Japan came to our assistance and provided warships so that our men might be safely delivered at the theatres of war,’’ said Mr, Coates. “That is a service which Nesr Zealand can never forget.” Mr. Tokugawa was heartily applauded as he rose to acknowledge the Prime Minister’s compliment.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBTRIB19271122.2.28
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 22 November 1927, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
140“WE WILL NOT FORGET” Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 22 November 1927, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
NZME is the copyright owner for the Hawke's Bay Tribune. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in