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A HAPPY SEND-OFF

MR COATES’S GOOD WISHES

WELLINGTON, August 25. Ifjpear at last of deputations and legisrushes, the Hon. G. W. Forbes Minister, with Mrs Forbes and Zealand delegation to the JmConference, had a happy send--1 Thbrndon Station to-night, when the '‘Limited express was caught tor there to connect with the jnail steamer Aorangi for Canada, ' thence to England. It will be a rapid .journey,, and the party arrives only , two days before the Conference opens. gathering on the platform includejl Lieutenant El worthy, representing tlie Governor-General, Sir Walter Carnciop,. Speaker of the Legislative Council, Sir Charles Statham, Speaker of of .Representatives, all the members of Cabinet, the executive ■ 'of the ,United Party, a large number of members of the House of Represen‘tativPs, and Mrs B. B. Wood, daughter oif the late-Sir-Joseph Ward, who presented Mrs Forbes with a large hou.quet.i,.'.;-;

Tlie Leader of the Opposition, Mr was one of the last to grip the Prime Minister’s hand and express '§obd wishes. Merry Christmas, said his' political opponent cheerily. - ! “Thanks;' - Gordon,” replied the ,J?rime. Minister, ~“a Happy New Year to you.”

The crowd raised three rousing cheers for “Honest George,” and the train moved off. Absolutely the last to hoard the •-train was the head ,of the Prime Department, Mr F. D. Thomson, who imperturbably arrived a couple of minutes before departure I time, and said his farewells unhurriedly. ..

The Prime Minister and Mrs Forbes are accompanied as ,far as Auckland i'hyj'theif- two ; daughters. Their son, Robert, said good-bye in Wellington, for he carries .the responsibility for hi.s, father’s farmland is . anxious to get to the. holding.,

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Hokitika Guardian, 27 August 1930, Page 3

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A HAPPY SEND-OFF Hokitika Guardian, 27 August 1930, Page 3

A HAPPY SEND-OFF Hokitika Guardian, 27 August 1930, Page 3

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