THE EMPIRE IDEA
NOT FAVOURED IN NEW ZEALAND
KEENER ON COMMONWEALTH
SPEECH BY MR. NASH
(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright! I (Received July 4, 2 p.m.) LONDON, July 4. New Zealand is.unlikely, to send an expeditionary force overseas in the event of Britain being involved . in jwar, although it would certainly defend its democratic ideals, said th* New Zealand Minister of Finance, Mr. W. Nash, speaking at a dinner at Dublin Castle tendered by the Prihv* Minister, Mr. de Valera. '.'".'"'. Mr. Nash added that New Zealand was very jealous of its sovereignty, but it was keener-on- the idea of. th» Commonwealth, of Nations than on th» idea of. Empire. ,'\ • '.*..' Others present at the dinner. : wer« members of the Eire Cabinet, ■'< Mr. '> J. W. Dulahty, High Commissioner: foe Eire in London, and MrJ W. J. Jordan, New Zealand High Commissioner . in London. ' ' r
LONDON, July 4.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 3, 4 July 1939, Page 10
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