PREMIER’S BIRTHDAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20628, 2 December 1941, Page 9

PREMIER’S BIRTHDAY

GIFTS TO MR. CHURCHILL FAMILY’S WAR SERVICE (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 2 p.m. RUGBY, Nov. 30. Among presents that the Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill received for his birthday to-day are planes from South America and tanks from the West Indies and Dutch East Indies. His birthday will not interfere with his work. “Best wishes for the continuance of your difficult but magnificent task,” wrote the Belgian Prime Minister in a message, while the Prime Minister of Norway thanked Mr. Churchill for “his untiring efforts in the pursuit of victory.” All three of Mr. Churchill’s daughters are now with the forces, Sarah (Mrs. Vic Oliver) in the W.A.A.F., Diana (Mrs. Duncan Sandys) nursing, and the youngest, Miss Mary Churchill, in the A.T.S. His only son, Major Randolph Churchill is in the Middle East. Mr. Churchill received birthday greetings and good wishes from the King and Queen, Queen Mary, Queen Wilhelmina, the Grand Duchess of Luxemburg and representatives of the Allies, friendly Governments, Dominion Prime Ministers, Colonial Governments, the Army of the Nile and also many official bodies and public and private persons in all parts of the world. y DOMINION GREETINGS (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon, P. Fraser, sent the following message to Mr. Winston Churchill on the occasion of his birthday: “My colleagues and I wish you many happy returns of the day and offer you our warmest greetings and congratulations. We trust you will long maintain all your health and -vigour and that, under your inspired leadership, the democratic countries will continue their march to victory.”