NETHERLANDS QUEEN
MESSAGE TO DOMINION GREETINGS APPRECIATED (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. A message from the Queen of the Netherlands to the Prime Minister of New Zealand states: “Please' accept, with the Government and people of New Zealand my sincerest thanks for the expression of confidence in ultimate victory and in the resurrection of the Netherlands, which I share, and also convey to all present at the luncheon my warm appreciation for their good wishes on my birthday and for the expression of thbir friendship for my people. “I am happy that the hospital ship Oranje has been placed at your disposal. lam proud of the services which she is rendering by tending upon your sick and wounded and, Goci willing, by saving the lives of your countrymen who have shed their blood in our common cause. 1 feel 'certain that the captain and crew will do their utmost in fulfilling their duty towards their New Zealand allies who are so gallantly risking their lives for the srvke of freedom.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20619, 21 November 1941, Page 2
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