THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER. SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1901.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 169, 29 June 1901, Page 2

THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER. SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1901.

In this morning’s issue, we publish the farewell message by the •Duke of York to His Excellency the Governor and- the people of New Zealand. The. message, is one which should have a lasting effect on the,minds of the- people as being, worthy of the warmest gratification. “I am anxious,” says the Duke, “ to tell the!people: of New Zealand with what regrets \ve_leave their beautifnljand and how happy we have been in,it* v , , Hotels we engaged f^r

our use, and private individuals and members of clubs most generous!y placed their houses at our disposal, and we know that similar hospitality awaited mat those places which, unfortunately, we were to yisit.” True, since the. first hint reached us that we We to ;be honoured by a visit from their "Boyal Highnesses nothing that would be likely to Uonduce tb their comfort

has been left undone, arid no stone has been left "Unturned toprovide the wherewithal to this ■nd, but we may consider ° ur * elves well paid for our labours by the grateful words contained : n the aforementioned \gain, we are doubly repaid for: the expense the colony,has in-, chirred in . connection with the ; sTisit,. by the fact that ties existing between-the Mother Country and New Zealand will have been to a certain extent strengthened,as shown by "the Duke’s own, words, “I earnestly trust that the experience and knowledge of the country which I gained .and my personal intercourse with its people may'in some measure tend to sustain and enhance the exist-

ing feeling of sympathy and interest between the Mother Country and New Zealand," and. draw still closer those “ ties of affection and brotherhood by which we are so happily united.” We believe that'this hope will he realised, and that lie will carry Some with him the knowledge he has gained of -New -Zealand and its people, and which will tend to make us better understood by the people of the Old band and draw still closer the bonds of kinship. Again, the personal bearing of the Duke md the sweet simplicity of the Duchess might serve as an object lesson to many in far less exalted positions in life. We shall watch the remainder of %hdir tour with interest, trusting that they may have a safe journey until they reach their loved ones again.