GOVERNOR DEEPLY MOVED
HE VOICES THE DOMINION'S GRIEF.
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.-.■- ' AUCKLAND, Last -Night..-.'.-/: ' Tho wreck of the Titanic was feelingly referred to to-day "-by His cellehcy the Governor hi a .speech at ■: the opening of a branch of the Over- : seas Club. He was, he said, voicing a sentiment that was in. the hearts of overyono in tho Dominion in. expressing the deepest grief at the appalling calamity. At-the moment, they could , only hope that the news had been-ex-. 1 aggerated, and that later particular? i would show that the disaster was less serious than now appeared. Evidently it was a tradegy so appalling as to be j almost- ■ unprecedented in its force as ] a, maritime disaster. On Ijehalf of the j Dominion, lie voiced their deepest sym- j oa.thy with their fellow British sub- [ jects, who were going'through hours j of anxiety and sorrow, and coupled'] with it their sympathy and compassion for those over the water who were in many respects their kith and kindred. —the- people of the United States,,,; where so many families w#re now in astate of bereavement and anxiety. I
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10611, 18 April 1912, Page 5
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187GOVERNOR DEEPLY MOVED Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10611, 18 April 1912, Page 5
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