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GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S TRIBUTE (P.A.) WELLINGTON. Sept. 16. Opening the proceedings of the New Zealand Navy League War Council yesterday, the Governor-General (Sir Cyril Newall) said that there was not a single operation being undertaken which was not dependent in some measure on the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy! He asked the league to give all possible encouragement to the sea cadet movement. The more sea cadets he saw about the country the better he would be pleased. He was much impressed, said Sir Cyril, by the large number of warm comforts dispatched overseas to the Navy League comforts supplv in London, and also by the ample provision made for men in New Zealand waters and for young men leaving New Zealand to join the Royal Navy and the Fleet Air Arm His Excellency mentioned Woodford House School, Havelock North, and its old girls’ association, which had ■ provided 19} tons of honey for the smaller ships operating from British ports and bases, and he thanked New Zealand women , generally for the generous supply of comforts for the seafarers of the United Nations.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23745, 17 September 1942, Page 6
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