N.Z. TROOPS OVERSEAS
(P.A.) -WELLINGTON, this day. The only message he could bring back from New Zealanders struggling overseas was that they would like to be back home by next Christmas, but they knew they were up against a tough proposition and would look for the continued support of the people in the Dominion, said Lieutenant-Colonel F. Waite, National Patriotic Fund Board Commissioner in the Middle East, in speaking to the Address-in-Reply debate in the Legislativ3 Council yesterday.
Lieutenant-Colonel Waite emphasised that the core of the German and Japanese war machines was still intact. He also said that in Southern Europe many people believed New Zealand to be a very rich and almost unoccupied country, capable of taking millions of immigrants New Zealand had to make up its mind whether immigrants were wanted and needed. Moreover if New Zealand was going to take' its place as one of the younger virile nations of the world, it had to stand up to post-war responsibilities, such as taking a share in the feeding of Europe. What would the answer be if New Zealand was asked to send 10,000 heifers or 10,000 of anything'
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 64, 16 March 1944, Page 6
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