CHILEAN GRATITUDE
MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATION TO AJAX. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, October 30. The Admiralty has received the following telegram from Santiago (Chile):— “The victims of the Conception earthquake warmly congratulate the captain, officers, and men of H.M.S. Ajax on her great victory in the Mediterranean and pay homage to those who fell gloriously in the defence of their country and of civilisation.” Conception was one of the Chilean cities severely damaged by the earthquake of January, 1939, when - the Chilean Government accepted the offer of the British Government to make use of the British cruisers Ajax and Exeter to transport supplies from Valparaiso to the stricken area.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 November 1940, Page 5
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108CHILEAN GRATITUDE Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 November 1940, Page 5
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