New Zealand Gazette – 1913 – No. 50

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✨ Governor's Speech to Parliament

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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1913.

THE Third Session of the Eighteenth Parliament of New Zealand was this
day opened by the Governor, when His Excellency was pleased to make
the following

S P E E C H.

HONOURABLE GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,—

It gives me much pleasure to meet you for the first time in Parliament
assembled. The loyal and enthusiastic welcome with which I was received as
His Majesty’s Representative by the people of this Dominion upon my arrival
was specially gratifying, and the warm receptions which were accorded to me
by His Majesty’s Maori subjects were regarded with feelings of deep apprecia-
tion. These demonstrations I look upon as a sincere expression of the loyalty
to our Sovereign entertained by the whole of his subjects in this Dominion.

Since assuming the responsibilities of the Government, I have visited
various parts of the North and South Islands, and have taken every oppor-
tunity of making myself familiar with the general circumstances of the country
and the aspirations of the people. It has given me pleasure in the course
of my visits to become known to large numbers of the inhabitants of the
Dominion. I have observed with the deepest interest the resources and
potentialities of the country, and the many signs of prosperity and comfort
that are apparent in the lives of the people. I feel confident that when the
great natural advantages which this country possesses become more widely
known in Great Britain many suitable settlers will be attracted to its shores.

It is pleasing for me to be able to announce that the volume of trade during
the past year was the largest recorded in the history of the Dominion. The
outlook for the coming season is bright, and although a world-wide financial
stringency, caused by the disturbed condition of affairs in Europe and by large and

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1913, No 50

NZLII — NZ Gazette 1913, No 50

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🏛️ Governor's Speech on Opening of Parliament

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated27 June 1913
KeywordsParliament, Governor, Speech, Opening Session, Legislation, Welcome, Dominion, Prosperity, Trade, Economy
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