MESSES VISITED
FIGHTING FORCES BRITISH MINISTERS REMINDERS GIVEN FATE OF CHRISTIANITY (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 11.40 a.m. RUGBY, Dec. 26. Among important visitors to various Christmas, dinners held in messes of the fighting forces all over Britain yesterday was the Air Minister, Sir Kingley Wood, who acted as a waiter when visiting messes of aircraftsmen and the Women’s Auxiliary Air Forces at a Royal Air Force Fighter Command station.
In a brief speech, Sir Kingsley Wood said: “It must seem strange to be
enjoying Christmas dinner in the midst of a great war. But there it is. We are fighting for all that Christ-' ianity stands for and what Christmas means to us all.”
: The Parliamentary Under-Secretary Cor Air, Captain H. H. Balfour, visited men of the London Balloon Barrage at their Christmas dinners on a number of sites. Captain Balfour found turkey and plum puddings were everywhere the standard fare and showed much interest in the elaborate arrangements made for cooking.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20130, 27 December 1939, Page 7
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167MESSES VISITED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20130, 27 December 1939, Page 7
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