DEEPLY STIRRED
NEW ZEALAND REACTION MR. FRASER’S MESSAGE (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. “New Zealand is deeply stirred by the news that our troops are on the march once more,” states the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser, in a message he has despatched to the commander of the New Zealand Division, Major-General B. C. Freyberg, V.C. “The progress of the action in the days that lie ahead will be followed with intense interest and in the confident hope that the result will be worthy of the magnificent qualities of the New Zealand Division. On behalf of the Government and people of New Zealand, I wish you and the officers and men under your command every success.” The following message has also been sent by Mr. Fraser to the Commander-in-Chief, General Sir Claude Auchinleck: “I wish to convey to General Alan Cunningham and yourself a message from the Government and people of New Zealand wishing every success in this vitally-important campaign which is being followed with intense interest by the people of the British Commonwealth and their allies.”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19411122.2.40
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20620, 22 November 1941, Page 5
Word Count
180DEEPLY STIRRED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20620, 22 November 1941, Page 5
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in