Prime Minister's Xmas Message To Children
ERE is the text of the Prime Minister’s special greetings to the children, which was broadcast over the ZB network on Christmas morning. "Good morning, Girls and Boys! It is a great pleasure to me, as your friend, to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Most of you know that this is the last Christmas in the first hundred years of the history of New Zealand as part of the British Empire and that the coming year will be the beginning of a second century for this young nation. "This means a wonderful time for the young people of New Zealand. It also means the start of greater national effort in this beautiful land. The world ‘national’ includes girls and boys. You also must do your best to grow up as wise men and women enjoying health, "useful work, and willingness to serve your Homeland as good citizens. "The surest way to success is to be fond of your parents. and brothers and sisters, to be kind to "everybody, and to look upon your
teachers in school and church as helpful friends. "Life is always pleasant to those who help those around them — love thy neighbour as thyself. Honesty and fairness are among the best things in the world. As Prime Minister, I ask you all to play the game. "This is the time for happiness. I have had a look at the places where Santa Claus gets his gifts for children. I saw beautiful books and wonderful toys. What a great chance there is to make children happy! "T have also seen the New Zealand Exhibition, in Wellington. It is a wonderland. I hope Father Christmas will help you all to see it. To-day in many homes in cities and towns and in cottages by the sea, thousands of children will enjoy a very merry Christmas. Let them join with me in hoping that the little ones in hospitals and other homes will also have a delightful time with their kind friends. I ask you ‘to accept my good wishes and my promise to do my best to help every one ‘of you. God bless you all."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 28, 5 January 1940, Page 48
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369Prime Minister's Xmas Message To Children New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 28, 5 January 1940, Page 48
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