BRITAIN TO-DAY
NEED FOR OPTIMISM. STATEMENT BY MR COATES. NEW ZEALANDERS’ LOYALTY. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received December 4, Noon. LONDON, Dec. 3. “It seems that it has almost become a habit in Britain to look upon the gloomy side of everything. I cannot understand this view at all. The worse things are the greater the optimism ought to be,” declared Mr J. G. Coates, when responding to his health at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Guildhall, Worcester. Speaking of th© conference he said that after listening to all the speeches he thought Britain ought to feel very pleased that she had been admitted into the Empire (laughter). New Zealanders were far more British than the people here, where he had seen “God Save the King” sung with tlnee people sitting. They would not tolerate that in New Zealand, for very good and sufficient reasons. —A. aril N.Z. cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 6, 4 December 1926, Page 9
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150BRITAIN TO-DAY Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 6, 4 December 1926, Page 9
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