“SAMOA HONOURED”

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 334, 20 April 1928, Page 13

“SAMOA HONOURED”

TRIBUTE TO GENERAL RICHARDSON ENTERTAINED BY SOLDIERS Press Association. WELLINGTON, To-day. A large number of returned soldiers, with pleasant recollections of General ] Sir George Richardson’s solicitude for ! the “Diggers” when in charge of the ; New Zealand military headquarters in London, assembled at the Returned Soldiers’ Association clubroom yesterday to welcome him back from Samoa, j The president, Colonel Hall, referred ] to General Ric hardson’s high ideals. ; as shown by his organisation of an | educational scheme for the benefit of j New Zealand soldiers in hospital in , England and awaiting repatriation, i No doubt the same ideals had actu- j ated him in his work in Samoa, where he had endeavoured to improve the 1 condition of tlie natives. They felt I that Samoa had been honoured in having a man of his experience and uprightness to control the affairs of the mandated territory, and to de- ; velop the mental outlook of the j natives and the natural resources of their country. The ex-Administrator, in reply, j spoke of the difficulties peculiar to I Samoa, and referred to the improvements effected by the administration in the development of the Islands. In ! health questions Samoa had pro- j gressed considerably under the man- ! date, and the Mandatory Commission I had eulogised the work done. Personally, he was satisfied he bad done his work thoroughly, and he had j no hesitation in saying that the policy | of the New Zealand Administration ! was sound.