"MEET NEW ZEALAND”
(To Uie fcditoi > Sir.—How pleased our friend Hitler wo- .d be to see a copy of the above j publication by the N.Z. Legation, if the ■ passage quoted in your pape'r last Fidday evening is typical of tne rest! What i a pity that it was not circulated in 1940 when the “Old Lady” was standing alone for freedom against a world tyrant whilst America was still debalI mg whether it would pay her to come j J into the war. It is a pity America has been left in doubt so long as to the utter independence of New Zealand in the matter of keeping the Atlantic passage free for her commerce and sup,l plies—her independence of England in j respect of armaments and equipment i for her troops. The lens of thousands I of British seamen who have lost their : lives in convoys or in otherwise defending, not only England, but her i dominions, have sought neither gratitude nor praise—nor have they found | it in New Zealand where the people, as a whole, overlook the unselfish, unadvertised work of the “silent service,” : and its appalling losses in human lives. Let us hope that when peace comes America will be as generous as “the Old Lady” in the matter of credits!— I am, etc., J.G. Nelson, 20th October. I
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 21 October 1942, Page 3
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223"MEET NEW ZEALAND” Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 21 October 1942, Page 3
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