DUKE’S MESSAGE TO CHILDREN
New Year Good Wishes From “Affectionate Friend”
By Telegraph.—Press Association.
the’ respect of your companions if you always are ready ,to lend a hand to those less fortunately placed than yourselves. “This is one of the truest forms of loyalty. Loyalty and comradeship are summed up iii the motto, ‘Service before self.’ It is as important in its way as loyalty to King and Empire. “Although you live a long way from England, do not forget you are just as much members .of the British Empire as those of your own age in the Old Country. We should all be like members of a family or a team, and work together unselfishly if we are to serve our Empire to the best of our ability. “The King, my father, ended up his broadcast message to his people on Christmas Day with the words, ‘God bless you all.’ He sent me here to bring England a little nearer to you. As his messenger, and also as your affectionate friend, I wish you a very happy New Year and good fortune throughout your lives.”
Chateau Tongariro, December 30. Written to-day in the inspiring solitude of National Park, the Duke of Gloucester’s New Year message to the children of New Zealand is an intimate document which strikes the deepest notes of sincerity and understanding. A specially-installed portable teletype system enabled the message to /be transmitted from the Chateau at, a rate of 66 words a minute to Wanganui, whence it was automatically retransmitted to the rest of New Zealand and overseas. The ,text of the message is as follows :— “This message of New Year’s greeting is intended for the boys and girls of New Zealand, and especially those whom I will not meet in my travels through the Dominion. I already have seen a good deal of New Zealand, and I assure you yon are- very fortunate to live in this beautiful and fertile country. “How are you to prove yourselves worthy of your good fortune? One way is to work and play not only hard but unselfishly. You will find you will enjoy your holidays all the more if you can find ways of helping others to enjoy theirs. So also later on in life, when you are working hard, you will get additional ’ pleasure and at the same time earn
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 82, 31 December 1934, Page 6
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393DUKE’S MESSAGE TO CHILDREN Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 82, 31 December 1934, Page 6
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