MR. WILFORD—DIPLOMAT
EXPLAINS DOMINION’S VIEW ON MIGRATION WELCOMED IN LONDON United P.A.— B y Telegraph—Copyright Reed. 10.30 a.m. LONDON, Thurs. “The High Commissioner’s term is far too short. I hope it will be lengthened In Mr. Wilford’s case,” said Viscount Jellicoe, presiding at the New Zealand Association’s luncheon to welcome Mr. T. M. Wilford, at which Lord Bledisloe, New Zealand’s new Governor-General, was present. Earl Jellicoe described Mr. Wilford on his voyage to Japan using chopsticks like the Japanese and also learning the Japanese language, though perhaps not speaking it like a Japanese. Mr. Wilford said New Zealand had not shut, barred and bolted the door against migration, but was marking time for economic reasons. Meanwhile it was buying British goods. He hoped to see a New Zealand women’s association in London. Perhaps his local knowledge of the Pacific, round which dwelt half the population of the world, might be useful at tbe Naval Conference. He had visited 32 countries, meeting their leaders and trying to understand their problems.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 873, 17 January 1930, Page 9
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