KING'S MESSAGE
LORD GALWAY'S REPLY
A STRENGTHENED LOYALTY
(By TeJegrapb—-Press Association.) AUCKLAND, This Day. The Governor-General, Lord Galway, has dispatched the following message to his Majesty thre King in reply to one sent by his Majesty on the occasion of the Waitangi celebrations: —
Your Majesty's gracious message of congratulation and good wishes was read to large crowds of people assembled at Waitangi to celebrate New Zealand's National Centenary and was received with the deepest appreciation and pleasure. On behalf of the Government and peoples of the Dominion I desire to thank your Majesty most sincerely for this kind message and at the same time convey to your Majesty renewed assurance of the abiding loyalty and devotion of the peoples of this country to the Throne and Empire. Coming, at a time when the security of our Commonwealth is threatened by aggression, the Centennial celebrations have served to strengthen the people of New Zealand in their resolve to uphold and defend to the utmost those precious ideals of freedom and justice which throughout the centuries have guided and inspired the British peoples.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 32, 7 February 1940, Page 8
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181KING'S MESSAGE Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 32, 7 February 1940, Page 8
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