WAR WITH JAPAN
CHINESE DEAD
THREE MINUTES' SILENCE
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) ' ■ AUCKLAND, This Day. A bell rang and Chinese with bowed heads stood in silence. Three minutes passed, then a further ringing of a bell marked the end of the silence. Thi» =was Auckland's part in a solemn commemoration by over 2000 Chinese nationals in New Zealand of the sacrifice of their countrymen during the first year of the struggle with Japan. "We do not know how long the war will continue, but we must prove that we are united in supporting the Government of China," said Mr.' Gum Leung, chairman of ttie Auckland Chinese Association, in addressing a gathering at the city markets. "Our people have not sought this war, but they are determined to j-esist aggression and will fight until ' Chinese soil i» freed from the invader."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 6, 7 July 1938, Page 11
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139WAR WITH JAPAN Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 6, 7 July 1938, Page 11
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