TIES THAT BIND
SPIRIT OF THE EMPIRE
LORD JELLICOE'S MESSAGE f
(By Tel«flr«ph.) (Special to the "Evening Post") AUCKLAND, This Day. Earl Jellicoe, president of the Empire Day Movement; has sent the following Empire .Day. message to the GovernorGeneral, with a request that it be transmitted to the people of New Zea-land-:—"In sending my hearty greetings and best wishes aa president of rtie Empire Day Movement to every part of his Majesty's Dominions, I wish to express my admiration of the magnificent spirit which has dominated the whole .Empiro during the very difficultyear through which we have passed, a year in which an industrial depression has caused much suffering and sorrow to all classes. It ;is a happy thought that the great .conference at Ottawa last year drew still'closer" the ties tyhich bind the Empire together in a bond I6f mutual co-operation for the benefit of all.1 The true. Empiro: spirit which inspired the representatives at Ottawa from all Dominions sounded a very welcome note of hope for the future industrial prosperity of tho Empire. Should ■■ we not, then, unite in a -firm determination, when celebrating Em : piro Day; to support Empire unity both in spirit and deed! Eemember the watchwords of our movement: Duty, responsibility, .sympathy, and selfsacrifice for tlie Empire." ' ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 120, 24 May 1933, Page 10
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212TIES THAT BIND Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 120, 24 May 1933, Page 10
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