DECLARATION OF WAR
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL APPROVES [PER press association.] WELLINGTON, September 6. Unanimous approval of the action taken by the New Zealand Government in declaring the existence of a. state of war against Germany, was expressed at the meeting o” the Legislative Council this afternoon, on the motion of the Leader of the Council, Mr D. Wilson, seconded by Mr W. Perry. Mr Wilson said they had now reached a time when deeds and not words must decide the destiny” of New Zealand. It was a fight between democracy and dictatorship, and they must be prepared to prove on the battlefield their loyalty to the principles for which they stood. Mr Perry said they must win this war at whatever cost, and whatever sacrifice, because upon the result of the struggle depended their continued existence as a free people. The Council adjourned at 2.55 p.m. until to-morrow.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 7 September 1939, Page 5
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