THE BRITISH EMPIRE. LONDON, May 9. .Mi- Lloyd George, speaking at the Colonial Missionary Society’s convention in the City Temple, referred to the millions of men from the British Empire who served during the war. “ilow 1 wish there was one word of appreciation ol that fact in 1 ranee and Belgium,” lie said. One day the people would discover the possibilities and resources of the Empire. Jumnow thev could not believe it, but one day they would believe, and great movements of the population would begin. The need of man for more room would drive him further into the empty spaces of the earth. Cicero had said that States were made of hearths and altars. Emigrants would establish hearths, but would they set up the altars* A new tlicorv that the I-.mpiie was a trust to be "strengthened and utilised for the benefit of humanity had grown largely in recent years. We now realised that the British Empire- had saved the liberty of the world. , 20 doz Boy’s Chrome school boots, 10 to 13, at Halleustein’s, Revel] St,, 16s 9d.—Adrt,
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 May 1923, Page 3
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