THE NEW HIGH COMMISSIONER
SAILS FOR LONDON. By Telegraph.—-Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. About a thousand persons were at ! the wharf this afternoon to see the I Hon. W. Hall-Jones off by the Cov- | inthic for London to take up duty us High Commissioner. All the members of the Ministry in town, several members of Parliament, ami many heads of departments were there. Mr. Hall.'Jones was heartily cheered as the steamer moved off.' Presentations were made to Mr. and Mm, Hall-Jones by the Cabinet this morning, Mr. HallJones, receiving a gold sovereign case and his wife a gold crescent brooch. One of the last acts of the High Commissioner in New Zealand was to visit the grave of his former chief, Mr. R. J. Seddon.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 292, 4 December 1908, Page 2
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125THE NEW HIGH COMMISSIONER Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 292, 4 December 1908, Page 2
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