MESSAGE TO WOMEN OF EMPIRE

Grey River Argus, 9 December 1918, Page 4

MESSAGE TO WOMEN OF EMPIRE

A CALL FOR FURTHER UNITED

WORK.

IN IMPERIAL RECONSTRUCTION

WELLINGTON, December 8

Tke Governor- General has received, through the Secretary of State for tho Colonies, the following message from Her Majesty the Queen, for the women of the Empire. — "A few months ago, at the height of our anxiety and strain, I sent a i message in the name of the women of our lands, to our men fighting for us across the seas. Now in an hour of thankfulness and hope, I should like to givo a message to the women of the Empire. During the war they have been given the high privilege of service. They have risen to a great opportunity, and have proved their courage, steadfastness, and ability, I have been allowed to watch and appreciate their work in many parts of the country, and my heart is full of admiration and gratitude for what I have seen. I earnestly trust that, though the thrill and glamour of war are over, the spirit of self-sacrifice and hejpfulness which has been kindled will not wane in tV coming days. A new era is dawning upon the world, bringing with it many difficultes, fresh, responsibilities, and serious problems to be faced. Parliament has secured for the whole country greater opportunities of more thorough and varied education; but it will depend upon parents whether these opportunities are used to the full. We all rejoice that plans are afoot for bringing to an end the existence of such bad and crowded housing as 'makes home life almost impossible. To-day, more than ever, the Empire needs her daughters, for in the larger world of public and industrial work, women are daily taxing a more important place. As wo have been united in atll our work, whether of head or hands, in a real sisterhood of suffering and service during the war, let us go on working together, with the same unity of purpose, for the re-scttl.ement and reconstruction of our country. Mary R. " ,