BELGIUM CELEBRATES
MESSAGES OF GOODWILL FROM BRITAIN OCCASION OF CENTENARY British Official Wireless RUGBY. Monday. The centenary of the independence of Belgium wrs celebrated in London yesterday. Cardinal Bourne conducted a Te Deum service in Westminster Cathedral. King George was represented by the Earl of Granard. The Belgian Ambassador. Baron de Marchienne, and his staff were present. The Prime Minister, Mr. MacDonald, today sent the Belgian Prime Minister. M. Henri Jaspar, a telegram, ex pressing friendly goodwill on behalf of the British Government and the people of Britain, who, he said, had shared Belgium’s sorrows and wished also to share iD her joys. Mr. Mac Donald said he was confident that he interpreted the feelings of all classes of the British public when he begged M. Jaspar to accept their hearties? good wishes for the continued happiness and prosperity of his great country.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1031, 23 July 1930, Page 11
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