VICTORY IN EUROPE
MANAWATU COUNTY REFERENCE "It is wonderful news Ave have received," stated the chairman of the Manawatu County Council (Or YV. E. Barber) at a meeting of the council yesterday when a ' telegram was received from the Acting-Prime Minister (Mr Nash) about the holding of VEDay celebrations today. "The efforts of the Allies against the great German armies have been wonderful," Cr Barber added. "Britain has a lot to be proud of for the way she stood alone against Germany prior to the other Allies entering the war. 1 hope it will not be long before the Japanese war is finished also and we can get down to settling the problems which will arise in the post-war period." The chairman paid a tribute to Mr Churchill's spirit and also referred to the great loss suffered by the Allies in the death of President Roosevelt. Cr Barber spoke of the atrocities committed by ' the Germans, stating that it was pleasing to know they had ended. "It niakes us shudder when we think of these atrocities and reflect on what might haye happened to us had the Allies not won the war." The council stood as a mark of respect to those who had fallen in the conflict.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 135, 9 May 1945, Page 6
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