"TROOPS FIGHTING SUPERBLY"—FREYBERG
■ Rec. 3 p.m. LONDON, May 22. I I *C IT has been a hard day," said ■ J * Major-General Freyberg in a ■ ■ cable to the Prime Minister of \ ■ New Zealand, Mr. Fraser, in ■ J which he crisply and unenmo- ■ I tionally outlined the operations ■ * on the second day of the invasion ■ I of Crete. ■ ■ "Our troops," he added, "are i J- fighting: superbly well." ■
Home Guard, the Emergency Precautions Scheme organisation or the Auxiliary Fire Service within 14 days, the type of service to be done being dependent on the physique and location of the reservist. The pressure placed on the boot trade through the volume of military orders and the necessity of keeping up a reasonable supply of footwear for civilian needs was stressed by witnesses and Mr. H. S. Edwards, chairman of the Auckland Footwear Manufacturers' Association. "Our duty is to assist the country to find fighting men, but at the same time to retain essential workers and avoid embarrassing those responsible for supplies essential for the national effort," said Mr. Orr Walker, in granting adjournments.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 119, 22 May 1941, Page 8
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