STATE LUNCHEON
TROOPS AND ESCORT MINISTER’S TRIBUTE ARMY AND NAVY (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. High tributes were paid to the Navy and Army by the deputy-Prirne Minister, the Hon. P. Fraser at an official luncheon at Parliament buildings in honour of the First Echelon and its escort. Reference was made to the way the troops had offered their services from the outposts of the Empire and to the valuable work of the “Silent Service” without which the seas could not bn 1-ept open for the efficient operation of the life-lines of the great commonwealth. The only toast besides that of The King was “our guests" in the proposing of which Mr. Fraser’s remarks were warmly supported by ether Parliamentarians It was replied to by Major-Gen-eral B. C. Freyberg. and Captain Baillie-Grohman of H.M.S. Ramillics and Rear-Admiral J. D. Grace or H.M.A.S. Canberra.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20137, 5 January 1940, Page 11
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144STATE LUNCHEON Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20137, 5 January 1940, Page 11
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