WARMLY WELCOMED
CANADIANS IN BRITAIN TROOPS IN HIGH SPIRITS. MR ANTHONY EDEN’S GREETING. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10 a.m.) RUGBY, December 19. News of the arrival of Canadian forces in the United Kingdom is enthusiastically greeted in the Press as a fresh encouragement to lhe Allied cause and as convincing proof of solidarity between the Dominions and Britain. The troops were in high spirits on arrival and responded with rousing cheers to the welcome accorded them. They were greeted by the Dominions Secretary (Mr Anthony Eden) and the Canadian High Commissioner, Mr McNaughton and high naval and military officers. In a brief speech. Mr Eden said: — "It may be that the struggle in which we are engaged will be long; it certainly will be lough—we all know that—but in the assurance of the unity of the peoples of the British Commonwealth is the certainty of final victory. We thank you for your journey. We wish you good luck and Godspeed."
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 December 1939, Page 8
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162WARMLY WELCOMED Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 December 1939, Page 8
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