LORD GALWAY'S NEW YEAR BROADCAST

Northern Advocate, 3 January 1938, Page 2

LORD GALWAY'S NEW YEAR BROADCAST

- I S'i'Cc:nl. To "Northern Adromte 1 AUCKLAND- This Day. The Governor-General. Viscount i Galway, broadcast the .following New ! Year message from the national staLi.ns on Now Year’s Bye: — -The passiny year has proved one of /pave anxiciv and uneasiness loi pi aciicall.v all the nations of the world. To some it has proved. in addition, one •of intense cihiculiy. because of internal industrial troubles, and. to others, cr.o of dismay because then - country has been overtaken by war or civil war, with ail the honva’ and “ulTermg , which war entails. know that the people of New Zealand join u iih 'me in the hope that the corning' year will bring peace uml happiness once again to (hr sorrow-laden people of those unfortunate countries, who have suffered so much from the ravages of war during the past 12 months. Coronation Year, “Throughout the British Empire. 1937 will be Joittf remembered as Coronation year—the ywir in which ; our King and Queen were crowned 1 amid all the grandeur and splendour i.m old. We all pray that Their Majesty Y reign will be a long, peaceful and happy one. and one during which the people’s of the world will gradually settle down once again to establish oi der. and to better and happier days. "At the moment there are still shadows on the horizon —shadows of enmity and fear —but signs are not wanting that the great nations ol the world would gladly welcome an early return to a lasting peace. Britain and League. “Everyone know:; of the altitude of the British Commonwealth cf. Nations toward the League of Nations, and of * the sustained effort made by the j statesmen of the United Kingdom to | bring all the great Powers of the | world within the framework of the j League. But it seems, for the present, j it is not to be. 1 “When it became clear that her j efforts in this direction were | doomed to failure and that other [ Powers were expending vast sums of money on rearmament, it be- , came a matter of paramount im- j porta nee that Great Britain, should do likewise. ; “During the past 12 or 18 months j the Mother Country has been doing j

; everything' possible to ensure that she i will not be behind-hancl in tliis re- | sped. j “In all the Dominions rearmament i lias been undertaken to a greater or i lesser extent, hi our own little New i Zealand the two new cruisers, Achilles * and Leander, are to us the symbol of ; the great British Navy. Ah* Force Training, i “At regular intervals we are send- ■ ing to England for training in the Air Force quotas of young men from the Dominion, and, generally speaking, steps arc being’ taken to ensure that New Zealand will not be unprepared in case of emergency. "I feel that everyone in this country should recognise that all parts of

j the British Commonwealth must pull i'together whole-heartedly, and, by so • doing', lend their maximum strength , to the consolidation of Empire inter- ■ ests. i “Within the past week, the arrival iat Auckland, within a few hours of | each other, of two higl i-powered flying j craft—one from the United Kingdom ; and the other from the United States—- ■ has brought home to the people of the I Dominion the fact that their country i has suddenly become an important one i from lire point of view of air transport I and has, by this means, been brought • comparatively close to the Mother j Country and the great centres of the 1 world. S N.Z. Will be More Popular. j “There is no doubt that when these j services are in full swing the beauties I of your country will become more and | more popular from a tourist point of ! view. i "Sometimes I wonder whether the j majority of the people of this fair land i fully appreciate their heritage—a fertile country of equable climate, boim- ! Ufully endowed by Nature, beautiful

j to live in. and one which has flying i over It the British Hag. I King George Fund Appeal. ; "A matter on which I should like to i congratulate the people of New Zea- | land this evening is their magnificent i response during the past year to the appeal for the King George V Memorial Fund, which was set up for the purpose of providing health camps for under-nourished children, and i wish to take this opportunity of expressing once again my personal appreciation ot their generosity. “All those who subscribed to this appeal in any way may rest, assured that the project is one which would have met with the highest commendation of our late beloved King. I sincerely hope that all will continue to help the movement in future so far as lies in their powers. ‘•Lady Galway and I are nearing the end of our third year with you in New Zealand, and during that time we have visited practically all the larger towns of the Dominion, and have had the | pleasure of meeting a very largo hum- j her of people. Wherever we have j been we have been gratefully conscious { cf many, kindnesses and courtesies, and during our sojourn we have made | many friends. i More Visits This Year. ; "There still remain a few towns, j which, for various reasons, we have | not as yet been able- to visit, but these, . together with some of the more outlying districts, we hope to see during Ibo coming year, as well as to renew many of the l friendships we have already made. _ “In the meantime, on this New Year’s Fvo, Lady Galway and I wish to convey once again to the peoples of New j Zealand, and to the peoples of the | Pacific islands under New Zealand ad- j ministration, our warmest good wishes | |9 r a bright, happy and prosperous J New Year.”