MESSAGE FROM KING
MAINTENANCE OF PEACE (P.A.) AUCKLAND, April 26. The Governor-General, Sir Bernard Freyberg, has received the following message from the King in connection with the observance of Anzac Day: “The Queen and I join on this Anzac Day with my people in Australia and New Zealand in grateful memory of those gallant Australians and New Zealanders who in two world wars of our time gave their lives for justice and freedom. “To those of us who now mourn for them is entrusted the task of carrying on their great work for the peace of mankind. Its success depends on the endeavours of each one of us, on our faith, and on our resolution. “Therefore, though the way may seem long and the difficulties great, let us not falter or be lacking in courage.” His Excellency has sent the following reply to His Majesty: “The Government and peoples of New Zealand, its island territories and Western Samoa, to whom Your Majesty’s gracious message has been communicated, appreciate most deeply the knowledge that the thoughts of Your Majesty and the Queen are with them in their observance of Anzac Day. "They desire to take this opportunity of reaffirming their unswerving allegiance to Your Majesty and the Throne and of expressing their determination to play their full part in maintenance of peace throughout the world.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22621, 26 April 1948, Page 6
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