BRITISH WAR EFFORT
SOUTH AFRICAN PRAISE SINGLE-MINDED SPIRIT (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 9 a.m. RUGBY, Dec. 6. Colonel Denys Reitz, the South African Minister of Native Affairs, who during his five weeks’ visit to London as the South African representative at the Ministerial conversations, left by air for Johannesburg. Before leaving, he expressed profound admiration of Britain’s war effort and pl'ans and of die singleminded spirit he found in England and France. During his visit Colonel Reitz dined with the King at Buckingham Palace and had frequent meetings for the discussion of defence matters with members of the Cabinet. Armament factories and training depots in various parts of Britain were visited and during a tour of France with other Dominion Ministers he inspected the defence of the Maginot Line.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20115, 8 December 1939, Page 7
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