NEW YEAR MESSAGES

Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 2, 4 January 1916, Page 5

NEW YEAR MESSAGES

FROM! NEW ZEALAND TO iHE ALLIES.

His Excellency the Governor. T on behalf of the Dominion of - c* Aeiv %M, telegraphed the tollovvmg New Year jnf>ssa^:es:,— . . _ To' tlie President of the Irench Re-

i •■;;.>■•"■ public. ■"• '•,-'' ■. .• v - «: New Zealand sends greetings to the sons of France, who are- fighting > so heroically Jioth in-their native Land and also alongside .our own ,'•- New- Zealand troops in other ■' spheres, and devoutly prays that 1 victory will crown the cause or the i the not far d^Hnt future. ; iTo'his Majesty ■-.the Kinji of the Bfli gians. „ , , \ ' Tlie Dominion of New Zealand desires respectfully to express to your Majesty the erniojt lv)pe that tke New Year tall-be the herald ot .great Allied victories, and that a* .: no ■ fat-distant date the gallant kingdom of Belgium will be freed ,'f^om the aggression of the mvamng

To his Mnie^ty the King of Ttaly. , New Zealand desire^ to place on record her profound tor the ,'rmies of Italy, and at the name i time to respectfully express to yews: Majesty her earnest hope \or a speedy and succosstul termination of the present struggle in whn>h the Italian troops are so mant ully upholding the traditions ot their forefathers. v ' To. his Tniperial Majesty the bmporor of Japan. New Zealand sends her NewjT«?a,r greetings to the' people of Japan, and at the same timo respectfully tenders to your Tranorirtf -Majesty ''an expression'of her'high appreciation of the services of tl.e Japai,esu Nn.try in the cause of the Allies. To his Maieaty King Peter ot Serbia. ■ <}n\behalf of this Dominion, I desire to respectfully tender to your Majesty an expression of th^ sulmiratiio.il of New Zealand for tin' indomitable bravery find vteidfa^a, deternjiiiation pi the Serbian nation. avid }at~'£he i sariie time to conveyvtht. "tiniest hope that the New Yen.* just dawning will witness the ovtithrow of the common fop. To hi? Majesty •, King_ Nicholas < Montenegro. New Zealand, through mo, dosir^s to respectfully forward*. New Yoiu greetings to your Majesty's armick who'are fighting so nobly in tlu-: J eomnion cause. - i ■ : The..omission of n message to th. Tsar is accounted for by the fact ths' the Russian New Year docs not occui until January 14.