AN APPRECIATION OF NEW ZEALAND.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 332, 26 January 1909, Page 3

AN APPRECIATION OF NEW ZEALAND.

To the Editor. .Sir,—llefore leaving the shores of this hospitable and beautiful land, will you allow me, through the medium of your columns, to express my thanks to the large number of kind friend*, too numerous to correspond with individually, throughout the Domiuion, who have contributed towards nixing my stay such a pleasant one. From Auckland to the muff I have received the utmost kindness. I landed in Wellington on November -Ith, an entire stranger to the country and unknown to anyone except Mr. C'.' W. Palmer, the indefatigable linn, secretary of the Navy League in Wellington." I shall leave behind me, when f sail for London on the 28th, many kind friends to whom my gratitude is due and to whmn it is unstinting!)given. That there were plenty of enthusiastic Navy Leaguers in New Zealand. I knew well before I landed. 1 can imlv hope, after all the a*-isla-ncc I have' received from the Press, the Hallway Department, and the t'ulon S.S. Company of New Zealand, that I may have be"cn successful in increasing the" membership of the branches of the League throughout the colony, and in creating an additional interest in those two great services, the Royal Navy and mercantile marine, upon which the whole fabric of the Umpire rests, and in whose cause the Xavv League considers it an ho-.ior to work. May T hope that all branches of the League in this country will undertake the following three things:-)!) I'laee l> Navy League wall map in all schools, etc., and. if the Minister for Railways will sanction it. in ail important railway stations; (2) i.tve prizes for essavs on naval history hi all schools; (3) lake the children from different parts of the Dominion down to the ports to visit any warships which may be Iviug there. T bid farewell to New Zealand with extreme re„rct as it has been largely responsible for restoring me to health and vigor; but with the consolation that 1 leme Shrtl »«ny who will be working here, as T hope to colli nine to w oik at Home, in the great cause ..I l.nper.al Fleet of England is her all in ■•Her Fleid. is m your bauds. ■•And in her Vleet her fate. ~| am. Sir. vour obedient servant, IIKNItY T. C. KN'OX (Late Lieut. R.X.). Op'anisiiw Lecturer, Xavy League. Wellington, 2»rd .lamiary. 1009.