XMAS GREETINGS

Hokitika Guardian, 23 December 1933, Page 5

XMAS GREETINGS

FROM GOVERNOR

MESSAGE TO DOMINION PEOPLE.

{Pei- Press Association, Copyright),

WELLINGTON-, December 22.

The Christmas message of the Gov-ernor-General (Lord Bledisloe) to the people of New Zealand and dependdeiicies says: “I desire to express to the whole population of this Dominion and of the Pacific Islands within its administration the most hearty good wishes of Lady Bledisloe and myself, that happiness may he their lot this Christmastide, and that a definite revival of economic prosperity may during the new year brighten their lives and sustain their confidence in their country and themselves. For the last two years at least industrial depression has hung heavy ovei this land of promise which is so richly endowed by nature. Unemployment has been rife and the outlook overcast with uncertainty and anxiety. Now that the clouds are lifting, let us all take, heart of grace and develop that confident hope in the future which is so prolific in promoting enterprise and accelerating the advent of prosperity.” “We have with the deepest sympathy shared your sorrows and anxieties. We shall in a Spirit of genuine comradeship share the happiness of your revived material good fortune. One of your chief primary products which has yielded little . or no profit to its producers for the last three years has recovered its true value in the world’s markets, and there is a good reason for believing that with the improved purchasing power of .other nations, and notably of the Old Country, other New Zealand products will follow suit with resulting advantage alike to' oiir rural and urban communities. On the threshold of this new era, let those who have means remember this Christmas with generous solicitude i the many whpm, undeserved, economic adversity -has' brought to ' the brink of utter destitution, and thus strengthen their sense of mutual comradeship and brighten their outlook for happier days, which appear to be coming. 1 ' '.■ '■ “Christmas is essentially" a period of abounding and generous goodwill,, when nationally, imperially, racially, and domestically we' should bind ourselves closer to one another, with -the. <Mnßoieußne9S r^f-! *W™ I bOWffltPfiity Sf c interest and mutual regard. -Let us. not forget our invaluable • partnership with Britain, the kindly old mother, ever • mindful .of her children’s needs, and with other countries of the British commonwealth of nations. Let us especially, too, remember, in friendly sympathy, our Maori people, whose privations have been great during the recent period of economic misfortune; - and whom we are proud to' recognise as equal partners with ourselves in the heritage which we share as. fellow-sub-jects of the King in this highly favoured section ,of the great British Empire. Let, both ' races with mutual helpfullness end mutunl confidence and respect ndvanee with even step to the achievement of the high destiny which with the blessings of God awaits them as one happy and united nation in the days that are to come.

“To each and all, pnkeha anu Maori, we confidently and cordially wish a merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year,”