DOMINION NEWS.
HIGH PRAISE FOR NEW ZEA-
LAND TROOPS
(by telegraph—press association.) WELLINGTON, Oct. S.
The Governor has received a telefrom from the Secretary of State for. the Colonies, communicating the following telegram from General Sir Douglas Haig:
"The New Zealand Division' h?s fought with the greatest gallantry in the Somme battle for twenty-three consecutive days, carrying out with complete success every task which it has been set, and always doing even more than was asked of it. The division has won universal confidence and admiration. No praise can be too high for such troops."
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 9 October 1916, Page 5
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95DOMINION NEWS. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 9 October 1916, Page 5
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