FOR NEW ZEALAND AND EMPIRE
LETTER FROM CAPTAIN HALSEY. The following letter has been received from Captain Lionel Halsey, C.8., by the Wellington branch secretary of the Navy League:— "Very many thanks for your letter of January 29, just received, and I will be glad if you will convey to the Wellington Branch of the Navy League my sincero thanks for their congratulations sent by you to tho officers and men of this ship. "Wo iully realise how much we are thought of in the Dominion, and I trust that New Zealand will always ' have good reason to bo proud of her ship. "I can only say without any hesitation that all on board fully realise how the 6vcs of the whole Dominion are on us. and wo aro fully determined that, come what may, we shall do our utmost for 'New Zealand and Empire.' So far, the ship has never been sick or sorry; and since war was declared, wo have always been ready for any call. When it came to chasing the Germans oil January 24, she far exceeded any previous speed, and no harm was doue, and if necessary we are ready to try and. exceed that. With kind regards to you and old friends, and with my thanks again."
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2455, 7 May 1915, Page 7
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213FOR NEW ZEALAND AND EMPIRE Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2455, 7 May 1915, Page 7
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