TRIBUTE TO NEW ZRALAND
Sir--Enclosed is a very interesting article which I recently found in an English journal, and I thought many New Zealanders might also like to read the kind words of appreciation written by this English writer on behalf of his fellow countrymen and women, for what we, in this little country have tried, and are still trying, to do for our Mother Country, after all her manu vwveare cf
courage and toil.
K.
MONCK
(Gisborne).
(The article, which carries the caption "Thank You, New Zealand," is too long to quote in full, but begins and ends with these two paragraphs: "She was last in the bus queue. The conductress heaved her aboard with a weary ‘Come along, Ma!’ and the bus lurched fo:ward into the greasy gloom of a wet evening. As she stumbled down the bus something rocklike steadied her into a seat and a kind voice with the unmistakable Kiwi twang, said, ‘Guess you’re tired, mother!’ She looked up into a face as fresh as an orange pippin, smiling under the tilted khaki brim. ‘I certainly am, son!’ she said. And then, as the bus lurched once more and the soldier melted into the crush of standing room only, she smiled apologetically at her neighbour. ‘Seem more like our own, don’t they?’ she said. "That’s the way we feel, New Zealand, about your sons. The bone and spirit of their fathers, settlers mostly from our own island, have bred a race which slips into our hearts and our national life as easily as stream slips into river. But behind that easy acceptance and liking, there is a deeper emotion, an emotion we may not often put into words but which is none the less felt.
* * a "What has been the effect of these years of joint effort? Have they made any difference to the feeling between our peoples? And what of the future? "The answer is brief. The years of war have Strengthened the links between us and left us determined to cultivate the flower of friendship which thrust out new roots in the harsh soil of war. We shall ask more of you, New Zealand-let’s be frank about that. To you falls the task of forging a link in the partnership of the British Empire and the United States, a partnership which must stand for world security in the years to come. We know
it you, cobber-you’re a corker!"’)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 364, 14 June 1946, Page 5
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405TRIBUTE TO NEW ZRALAND New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 364, 14 June 1946, Page 5
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