MR JORDAN PRAISED

Southland Times, Issue 24840, 4 September 1942, Page 5

MR JORDAN PRAISED

Term In London Extended

(Special Correspondent, N.Z.P.A.) (Rec. 7 p.m.) LONDON, September 2. Mr W. J. Jordan began on the first day of September his seventh year as High Commissioner for New Zealand. He received a swarm of letters and telephone calls congratulating him on his further appointment for three years. They came from many New Zealanders, also business and primary produce circles in Smithfield and Covent Garden. Press comments paid a tribute to his “brains, common sense and gift of speech, which have made him a great success.” The Evening News says: “He is a gifted man with as much pompousness as would barely cover a threepenny bit. He says things that needed srying.” Other comments paid a tribute to his willingness to see people at any time and his ready grasp of any matter. There is an absence of the “very busy man” claim which might prevent him from seeing callers. He receives servicemen with personal and other difficulties with unusual tact and friendship. It is also observed that he is much in demand as a speaker and that he is still plain Mr Jordai or “Bill.” His outspoken speeches at Geneva are still remembered. Mrs Jordan is equally widely popular. She is always engaged in some New Zealand activities and acting as a motherly host to a large number of servicemen visiting Mr and Mrs Jordan’s Wimbledon home.