UNITY IN WAR.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 52, 3 March 1941, Page 8

UNITY IN WAR.

THE WILL TO WIN. EMPIRES STRUGGLE. SIR CYRIL'S MESSAGE. "My gratitude at the warmth of the welcome extended is too heartfelt to require any bill the simplest language." said the (Jovernor-t General, Sir Cyril Newall. speaking informally at the civic reception at the Town Hall to-day.

-You have all welcomed u<* «» kindly that 1 would just say "thank you.'

'•Before leaving Kngland, my wife and I had the pleasure of a visit to Lord and Lady Bledisloe, who are as devoted a> ever to Your country," said Sir Cyril.

••They impressed upon us that we would Illid New Zealand very like the Homeland. And so without doubt it must have been as I can see, even after these few da vs. ■■But the England >>f to-day is very different Iron: the England to which lx»id Bledi.sloe returned in ISKW. It is an Knglaud at wsir. The mliole of Kngland i> mobilised, men, women and children, the aged and the infirm, arc all taking their part in the front line with the fighting services. '

"Work is continuous by day and night, and many, on the completion of their days work, assume voluntary duties in order to allow their fellow citizens either to pay the jwrt for which they have been chosen in the prosecution of the war, or enjoy the rest which is essential to efficiency. The whole country is one team. All" difference have been laid aside. "All are united under their chosen leader —■ that incomparable man, Churchill—in their determination to prevail. And prevail they will —no matter what the cost. Theirs is a spirit that cannot be beaten. Never could it be said more truly of any nation—'united we stand. , "Tins is the England we left —and we have come here to your Dominion, which is so like the England we used to know and the England we are fighting to restore, for all time. But the struggle is not only for England; it is for the Empire and for democracy throughout the world that these hardships are being endured and. these sacrifices being made.

"The spirit is thoroughly British, and you are British. We must all be prepared to play our part to the full. Many of your friends and relations have already left these shores to join the l>attle. Let us pray Gad these islands will not have to endure the sufferings of the Homeland. '"In any case we must, all of us, men and women, era mine our consciences and make certain that we are giving our best," concluded Sir Cyril. "It shall never be said of us that we failed those who are carrying the burden of our fight."