NEW YEAR GREETINGS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 23, 3 January 1916, Page 6

NEW YEAR GREETINGS.

SENT BY IKE GOVERNOR.

MESSAGES FROM DOMINION TO ALLIED NATIONS. His Excellency the Governor, on"liehalf of the Dominion of New Zealand, .has. telegraphed the following New YdtU; messages Td the President of the French ' Tl epuh lic “New Zealand sends " ’greetings to the sons of France who arc fighting so heroically both in ... thi’ir native land and also alongside mil- own New Zealand troops, in , ,other spheres, and devoutly prays that Victory will crown the cause of j;he Allies in I 'the hot far distant' fu- „ >,ture.” ’ . , ,To His Majesty the King of the Belgiansf—“The' Dominion of New Zealand desires respectfully to express to Your-. Majesty the earnest r ..hope that tile New-Year will he the '/ herald of great Allied victories, and /.tjuvb at ’ ho far distant date the gal- / lani , Kingdom’of Belgium will he Treed from the aggression of the invading foe.’l To His Majesty the King oi Italy : . __,“NW Zealand desires to place on record her profound admiration for the armies of Italy, and at the same ...time to respectfully express to Your Majesty her earnest hope 'for a I sneedy and successful termination ol the present struggle in which the Italian troops are so manfully maintaining the traditions of their fore- ! fathers.’ To .HiS Imperial Ma jesty the Kmpr«'or of Japan:—“New Zealand v xendVimi-’ New Year greetings to r the people of ■ Japan, and'at the

same time respectfully tenders to Your Imperial Majesty an expression of her high appreciation of the services of the Japanese Navy in the cause of the,Allies.” To His Majesty King Peter of Serbia:—“On behalf of this Dominion, 1 desire to respectfully tender to Your Majesty an expression of the admiration of New Zealand for the indomitable bravery and steadfast determination of the Serbian nation, and at the same time to convey the earnest hope that the New Year just dawning will witness the overthrow, of tlie common foe.” To His Majesty King Nicholas of Montenegro “New Zealand, through me, desires to respectfully forward New Year greetings to.- Your Majesty’s armies, who are lighting so nohlv in‘the common cause.”

The absence, of. a- message to the Czar of Russia is explained by tlie fact that the Russian Now Year does not start until January 14th.