MESSAGE OF CHEER
ADDRESSED TO AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND BY NEW DOMINIONS SECRETARY. ASSURANCE OF FULLEST CO-OPERATION. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.13 a.m.) RUGBY, February 25. The new Dominions Secretary (Mr C. A. Attlee) has sent the following message to the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand: —“In these difficult hours, when for the first time in history the danger of war has approached the shores of Australia and New Zealand, I hope the appointment to this office of myself as a member of the War Cabinet and Deputy-Prime Minister may be taken as a symbol of the determination of the Government and people of this country to do all in their power to help their kinsfolk beyond the seas. I am sure that, with full mutual confidence and co-operation, we shall come together through these dark times and move steadily to victory.” Mr Attlee also telegraphed a message on similar lines to Canada and South Africa.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 February 1942, Page 2
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161MESSAGE OF CHEER Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 February 1942, Page 2
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