DARWIN ATTACK

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 43, 20 February 1942, Page 6

DARWIN ATTACK

Dominion's Sympathy

The Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser) has sent the following message to the Prime Minister of Australia (Mr. Curtin):—

"Please allow me on behalf of the Government and people of New Zealand to express to you and through you to the Administrator and the people of Darwin our sympathy with them in their ordeal. We here well know the courage and competence with which the whole of . Australia will ' meet attack. Kind regards."

ment when he came to New Zealand in 1912. He has led large contingents of New Zealand scouts to various, overseas jamborees, including the New Zealand party of 600 boys to the jamboree held in Sydney in 1938.

Miss Wilson, who lives in Bulls, has been actively engaged in the scout movement for more than 25 years, and has held many positions. In 1938 she represented New Zealand at the first International cub conference which was held in Britain. Since 1926 she has played an outstanding part in the training of officers and has rendered yeoman service to the movement. Sir Cyril Newall also announced in connection with Scout Week that Major and Mrs. Tatum, of Manakau, had made their beautiful home and about 30 acres, with buildings and equipment, available to the New Zealand Boy Scouts' Association as a training centre for scoutmasters which would be run on the same lines as Gilwell in England.