NEW ZEALAND
“A MAGIC WORD” DUKE OF KENT WANTS TO SEE MAORIS LONDON, Feb. 6. The Duke of Kent, Governor-Gen-eral designate of Australia, speaking at a dinner of the New Zealand Society, of which he has accepted membership, announced that he and the Duchess of Kent will visit New Zealand in 1940, at which the chairman, Mr. W. J. Jordan, New Zealand High Commissioner, led enthusiastic applause. The Duke of Kent added: “We shall try by our personal efforts more closely to unite the Commonwealth of Nations and shall practise what we are now preaching. When we visit New Zealand I want to see the country and see the Maoris. If possible 1 shall think not only of l the beauty of the scene but all for. which it stands in your and our ' eyes. New Zealand is a magic word 1 and conjures up fascinating pictures of a country with wonderful scenery apart from its wonderful grazing and dairy resources. The new Dominions Secretary, Sir Thomas Inskip, paid a tribute to New Zealand's enterprise. Four hundred distinguished guests included Lord Bledisloe, former Governor-General. A nine-foot model Maori war canoe adorned the central table, the occasion being the ninty-ninth anniversary of the Treaty of Waitangi.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 34, 10 February 1939, Page 3
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