NEW GOVERNOR'S TASK
LORD BLEDISLOE’S HELP TO AGRICULTURE
FETED IN LONDON LONDON. Tuesday. A dinner was given last evening by the High Commissioner for New Zealand, Mv. T. M. Wilford, in honour of Lord Bledisloe, Governor-General-designate of the Dominion, and Lady Bledisloe, at the Mayfair Hotel. In the course of a speech Lord Bledisloe said: I do not want to be regarded merely as an agricultural specialist to the exclusion of my interest in the varied activities and problems of New Zealand. I am going out prepared to place the knowledge gained in my life-long private practice and public advocacy of agriculture at the disposal of the Dominion, but I am desirous of listening to and learning from the “cow cockies” of New Zealand. Mr. Wilford, in proposing the toast of the guests, said New Zealand was fortunate in the selection of Lord Bledisloe as Governor-General. He would find the highest standard of pasture management in the Dominion, where the farmers led the world in grassland production. The greatest problems were how best to increase the production from pastures and develop the prosperity of the Empire. BRITISH CAPITAL COMING
Lord Bledisloe, in responding, remarked that he was glad to think that industries other than agriculture were appearing in New Zealand. He had the best reason for believing that a great industry shortly would be established there with the help of British capital. Continuing Lord Bledisloe said he would regard himself primarily as a harmonising and consolidating agency between the Dominion and the Mother Country. Lord Passfield, Secretary of State for the Dominions, in proposing Mr. Wilford’s health, said it was already recognised that New Zealand had an excellent and an influential representative. They felt confident of solving the delicate problem of reconciling the complete autonomy of the Dominions with co-operation with Britain.
Those present included Lords and Ladies Strathspey and Liverpool, and Mr. Pember Reeves, whose birthday was enthusiastically honoured.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 895, 12 February 1930, Page 11
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