‘SOOTHING SYRUP'
NOT WANTED BY N.Z. FIGHTING SPIRIT NEEDED CAPT. RUSHWORTH’S VIEWvVC'iVG (P.A.) WELLINGTON, .this. day. “My opinion is that morale in this country is going downhill fast,- and the people as a whole have not the slightest appreciation of the situation,” said Captain H. M. Rushworth, Auckland provincial president, speaking at the New Zealand Farmers' Union conference, to .the following remit, which was carried unanimously and which is to be placed before the Prime Minister, the Rt. .Hon. P. Fraser, and members of the War Administration by a deputation: “That the people of New Zealand should no-t have soothing syrup handed out to them; they ■ should be made to realise that this Doniitiidri iS; in very grave danger, and everything possible should be done to stimulate a fighting spirit, npt only in the army, but the whole population. National service broadcasts fail in .these essentials.” '
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20837, 16 July 1942, Page 3
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