COLONEL REITZ
RETURNING TO SOUTH AFRICA. WHOLEHEARTED TRIBUTE TO ALLIES. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, December 6. Colonel Reitz, the South African Minister of Native Affairs, who. during his five weeks’ visit to London was the South African representative at the Ministerial conversations, left by air for Johannesburg. Before leaving he expressed profound admiration for Britain's war effort and plans and for the single-minded spirit he found in England and France. During his visit Colonel Reitz dined with the King at Buckingham Palace, and had frequent meetings for discussion on defence matters with members of the Cabinet. Armament factories and training depots in various parts of Britain were visited, and during the tour of France with the other Dominion Ministers, he inspected the defences of the Maginot Line.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 December 1939, Page 5
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