QUEEN WILHELMINA
60TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES (United Pre-ss Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Sept. 1 Congratulations and good wishes are offered by the London newspapers to Queen Wilhelmina on her sixtieth birthday. In the circumstances of her country and people, Her Majesty is spending the day in retirement. Her son-in-law, Prince Bernhard, will represent her at various ceremonies organised by Dutch resi - dents in London to-day. Among the official messages received by Queen Wilhelmina is one from the Government of the Union of South Africa. General Smuts and his colleagues express the sympathy of the people of South Africa with the Queen in the calamity which has so undeservedly struck her and her people in the Netherlands. The First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr A. V. Alexander, sent the good wishes of the Board and of the Royal Navy, adding how proud they were to have fighting on their side “the gallant and endomitable navy of the
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21207, 2 September 1940, Page 7
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157QUEEN WILHELMINA Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21207, 2 September 1940, Page 7
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