DISTRESSED BELGIANS
QUEEN THANKS TEOFLE OK NEW ZEALAND.
'J-I'B good accomplished by tho Ncu.•+i Relief in Belgium with their donations lias been sufficient reward for tho people of Now Zealand, but tho special recognition of tlieir cfiorts by tho Queen of the Belgians, ®. s conveyed in tho_ following letter to tho High Commissioner, just received uy the Government, will givo them a Justifiable feeling oS satisfaction:— Maison Militairo du Roi, La Panne, „. . October 7, 1916. j s ' 1 ') —100 Queen is much touched with tho evidence of tho sympathy of tho people of New Zealand, and is delighted with tho generosity that they have shown towards our unhappy country.
_Uill you kindly, in response to Her majesty's wishes, convoy the expression of hergratitudo to the kind donors, and inform them that our Sovereign is happy to be the intermediarv between themselves and tho victims of the war.—(Sgd.) Major Elby Pontupont, L'Officier d'Ordonnance du Roi.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2959, 23 December 1916, Page 5
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154DISTRESSED BELGIANS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2959, 23 December 1916, Page 5
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