KING AND CHILDREN

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 17 December 1936, Page 10

KING AND CHILDREN

HIS MESSAGE OF FAREWELL I ! IN 1927 i ! WHAT THE EMPIRE STANDS FOR i ! After King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, when Duke and Duchess of York, had concluded on 22nd March their tour of New Zealand, the following message from the Duke, in his own clear handwriting, was pub- j .Jished in the New Zealand School Journal:— • , | i "To the children of New Zealand.— i | "Before we leave New Zealand, the Duel-,ess of York and I wish to send a : . message to the boys and girls of the ! Dominion. We are glad to have seen j j so many of you during our stay, and | are only sorry not to have been able to have seen you all. We shall carry away with us the most vivid memories of the enthusiastic and warm-hearted welcome which we have everywhere ! received from you. We know that that J welcome springs from your deep loy- | alty and devotion to the King and' your love for the Mother Country. ! “We congratulate you warmiy on 1 the splendid manner in which you have carried out your exercises at your demonstrations. We are especially pleased with the keenness and efficiency of the Girl Guides and Boy Scouts. j j “Our message to you is to guard I zealously through the years to come the honour and safety of the great Empire to which you belong. Remember all that it stands for in the world to-day. ! “Be honourable, steadfast and fearless in your duty. “Your fathers and mothers, and the i early pioneers before them, worked j nobly to make this beautiful country i all that it is, and it is your duty to j see that the work they performed is carried on in the same patriotic and 1 unselfish spirt. I “We leave New Zealand with feelings of very real regret, and with the hope that at some future date we may be enabled to come again.—Albert.”