Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1919. GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S FAREWELL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2052, 8 November 1919, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1919. GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S FAREWELL.

THEIR Excellencies (ho Earl ami Counters, of Liverpool visited the Palmerston Show on'Thursday. and paid thoir last ullieial visit, to the district. Jn I lie course ol' a speech, Ids Excellency said: “It is a time of high prices, hut high prices do not necessarily mean prosperity. We can all place our own interpretations as to the cause'-, though it does not follow that unr deductions are necessarily correct. If you study history you will notice that, in a "Teat many instances, the .period when high prams have prevailed have been times of industrial unrest. which must ‘Have a hud effect on the community and the stability of trade conditions. At present every country in the world is passin;'' through this state of" disturbance, but, I believe, provided that consideration and eomnion-seJi.se are employed, this state of perplexity .will be overcome. I have alluded to this subject because, being forewarned by the trend of events, I feel confident that by co-ordination of method, and the eo-operal-ion of all classes, New. Zealand will emerge from the ordeal victorious. Lady Liverpool and I have, passed a long period in your midst. Much of our t/lme has been fraught with anxiety caused by the Great. War, but wc are proud at having been associated with New Zealand in its hours of trial. Nevertheless, we have .spent a very happy time amongst the people of these islands. We have learnt much regarding- the hopes, aspirations, and trials of our fellow-coun-trymen in this Dominion, and they do not differ materially from those of the inhabitants of the Old Country. We shall carry away the remembrance of many personal friendships gained, and the recollection of a loyal and devoted people, whose determination and self-saeriiiee contributed to the consolidation of the Empire. We trust, in the years which are before us, that you will reai) all the benefits of happiness and success that Providence can bestow upon you.”