UNITED STATES CONSUL.

Shannon News, 16 December 1924, Page 4

UNITED STATES CONSUL.

GUNSAULUS RETIRING. The Consul-General tor the United States in New Zealand, Mr Edwin N. Gunsaulus, is about to retire from the consular service under a new law passed this year, which makes that course compulsory after 11 25 years’ service in the Consular Corps. Mr Gunsalus has been about av year in New Zealand, having previously been in similar posts at Pernambuco, Cork, Toronto, Quebec, Johannesburg, Singapore and Halifax. Mr Gunsaulus stated that during his term, in the Dominion he had been the recipient of many acts of personal kindness from Ministers of the Grown, State Department officers, public bodies, business men- and the citizens generally. The attachment he and Mrs Gunsaulus had formed with New Zealand had impelled them to decide to spend some months touring the , country prior to their departure for the United States about March next. . “I have formed a very high opinion of New Zealand and its institutions,” lie remarked. “I i believe that this sturdy young democracy has an important destiny ahead of it. I have been particularly pleased to notice the growing spirit of friendliness between the people of New- Zealand and the people of the United States, and I have: found a ready ; response. to any expressed desire of mine for a better understanding. We shall take home pleasant, of New Zealand ,and - the - kindness and we have experienced here, and shall continue to take a lively personal interest in the progress of this country.”