EMPIRE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 120, 25 May 1925, Page 5

EMPIRE DAY

MR. MASSEY'S MESSAGE

DOMINION'S ENDURING FAITH

UNIFYING INFLUENCE OF

.WEMBLEY.

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPTRIQHT.)

(PUBLISHED IN THE TIMES.)

LONDON, 23rd May.

" The Times " publishes the late Mr. Massey's Empire Day message, the re vision of which was one of his last official acts. Mr. Massey said :

" On this Empire Day of 1925 I wish on behalf of the people of New Zealand to reaffirm the enduring faith which we hold in the future of the British Empire, and our steadfast resolve to do all in our power to strengthen those foundations of liberty and right upon which our great nation rests. In ths»past year we have observed with gratification the unifying influence of the British Empire Exhibition. That colossal enterprise has, I believe, contributed very materially to Empire progress by increasing the knowledge of citizens of Britain as to the work that their kinsmen are doing overseas. We hope that the interest thus awakened will be maintained, and the fraternal unity of the British peoples so intensified that our statesmen and leaders will be encouraged to persevere in seeking a solution of the practical problems which confront us. We are united by our faith in the British tradition and our great purpose of strengthening the Empire, so that it may become more and more a power for peace and goodwill to all the nations. By patience and perseverance we shall assuredly attain full measure of accord with regard to the methods by which that aim can be advanced."