GENERAL NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 153, 31 May 1941, Page 5

GENERAL NEWS.

Assurance of Loyalty. At the Civic Club luncheon this week, (sir Harry llatterbee, the United Kingdom II igh " Commissioner in .New Zealand, agreed to forward the j following resolution to the British Govi eminent from the members: “That I this gathe / ig desires to convey a full | assurance •,! its loyalty to His Alajesty the King, its trust in Air Winston Churchill and his Cabinet, and -its sympathy to the bravo and gallant, people of Great Britain in this time of trial at the hands of a savage enemy, and asks the High Commissioner for , the United Kingdom in New Zealand ] to convey this resolution to the Government in London.” A letter lias I been received bv Air T. L. Alills (preI sident of the club) from Sir Harry | conveying his appreciation of tile opi port unity afforded him of meeting I members of the clqb. 1 Motor Drivers’ Licenses.

I Over 100 motor drivers’ licenses were

Tissued by the Feilding Borough Council the offipei-of which was open last evening for the convenience of those unable to make application during tiro I day. I Patriotic Shop Day. Over £7 was raised yesterday at the patriotic shop conducted by Airs S. AlcDowall and helpers. Tho.se who made donations and assisted to make the stnil a success are thanked. Public Lecture. The Feilding Chamber of Commerce and the Feilding branch of the Farmers’ Union have made arrangements for Air H. C. Jenkins, editor of the Wanganui Chronicle, to give an address on the war, its cfToet on New Zealand and some jenstruc- | live suggestions. j i