NEW ZEALAND'S SYMPATHY
REFERENCES IN PAR-LIAiMENT.
Reference, was. made ,to the death of General Botha in Parliament yesterday. In the Legislative Council, Sir Fl-ancis Bell road tho following cablegram eerit by the Governor-General of New Zealand to the Governor-General of South Afiica,: "I desire to associate myself with my Government and the people uf 'New Zealand in expressing our deep sorrow at the news which Your Excellency has conveyed to me and to express our sincere sympathy with the TJmon of Smith Africa in the great, loss which it has sustained through the death of its distinguished Prime ■ Minister. ' I shall be grateful if, Your Excellency will convey .to the family,, of tho law General Botha an expression of our grief at their Sir John Findlay, in the . House' of Representatives, asked the Priinij 'Ministor if'lie •■would give vt-ho tho;' House an opportunity, of expressing ,appreoiation of tho great Imperial services of tho lato General Botha. . . Mr. .Mnssey replied that ho proposed on next sitting-day to give the Houso an opportunity of expressing sympathy with the people of South Africa in the loss they had sustained.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 287, 30 August 1919, Page 7
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186NEW ZEALAND'S SYMPATHY Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 287, 30 August 1919, Page 7
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