REFLECTION ON WESTPORT.
(Front Westport “News”). A copy of the Bendigo Advertiser (Victoria, Australia), dated May 13th., gives a cabled account from Reefton of the Prince’s visit, under the heading, “Along the West Coast,” and attributed to the “United Service.” The concluding portion states: “The Princemotored to Westport a flourishing coal mine area. This is the centre in New Zealand of so-called Bolshevism, and doubtless the Prince would have stayed there last night, thus saving forty miles of travelling hut for official nervousness. The nervousness is believed to be baseless, but the officials point out the recent attempt to Bomb the police sergeant and to a sudden fire when partly consumed the hotel.” Now, this is a most uncalled for reflection on Westport, which is not the centre of Bolshevism, but one. of the most loyal towns in New Zealand. The bombing of the police quarters and sudden fire, referred to. took place, not at "Westport, but at Greymouth. The “United Service” should ho called upon to immediate remove this aspersion on the fair name of Westport.
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 June 1920, Page 3
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177REFLECTION ON WESTPORT. Hokitika Guardian, 2 June 1920, Page 3
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