THE TIE THAT BINDS.
OTTR GLORIOUS RECORD. LORD JELLICOE'S TRIBUTE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Friday. Be.foTie the Hoai=e of Representatives ro-e to-nin'ht the Prime Minister read the following letter which he had received from the Governor-General. | "Dear Mr. Man-ey,—Tlie events of the 'last f*w days have emphasised in a most striking manner the strength of the tie whi'-b binds New Zealand to the Motherland and to the remaiTidcr of our great Empire. As His Majesty's representative in tiliis Dominion, I am anxious to express to you, and through you to the .peopile of New Zealand, my intense admiration of the wonderful • Which the first 'hint of serious danger ,to Imperial interests has brought' forth. It seems 'hardly credible that in the absence of any call for volunteers a total of 12,000 officers and otheT ranks nnd "00 nu.r..c3 •should, in the t-fliort period of four days, have registered their names foT service if required. I am indeed proud to have the honour of association with an outpost of the Empire wheTe such a spirit lives, and. I ten<lf7r .my ihcartfe'-t appreciation and admiration to tlie (people who hold so glorious <a record.. —Yours sincerely (signed), Jellicoe."
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 226, 23 September 1922, Page 7
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