THE DUKE OF YORK.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 March 1922, Page 5

THE DUKE OF YORK.

MAY COME TO NEW ZEALAND; VIEWS ON THE ANZACS. London, Jan. 26. H.R.H. the Duke of York, who was the guest of the Australian and New Zealand Luncheon Club to-day, had some complimentary things to say of New Zealand and Australia, and when he expressed the hope that he would be able to visit those countries himself at no very distant date, it certainly sounded not a mere polite sentiment, but the prediction of an actual fact. He said his knowledge of Australia and New Zealand was limited, alas, to the results of his reading and to what he had heard from his brother, but “I would like to assure you all that when circumstances allow and when good fortune favors me, Australasia will receive no more -willing or more interested visitor than myself. I learn that New Zealand, with its temperate climate, its magnificent and varied scenery, and its blue encircling sea, is as attractive a country as may he found anywhere. And I learn alsc 4 Australia is a unique island c< a very world in itself. A v ’less space, and probably -»undless wealth. Bu' i.< • ’eave these shor r- ••t Australa c amina ' soldier • 1 ough our f /' ■ i • *n the tall nu - -pitome of • uy l .:na . kindlier t . -■'■•-.•-ii' ... • .-n we en»r? crowded - he all-conquering doubtable ‘Wal,o, and more retrimphant crickennis player made ck for the time be.ace, we were all able aily pride in our con--1 congratulate them very .ear victories as first-rate And when this first-rate yrtsmen produced the famous v no added such lustre to the *nd won imperishable renown, de in them had no limit. With jreed of men, and with the spirit ndependence which they possess, jther with their vigor, courage, and rtinacity, Australasia has good grounds for her invincible faith in herself; confident in her own might, but at the same time mindful of her privileges and her ties to the greatest association of nations to which we are all proud to belong.”