THE EMPIRE’S LOYALTY
MESSAGE TO THE KING (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, Oct. 2. The Chambers of Commerce Congress sent the following message to the King:— Delegates to the fourteenth Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire, hailing from Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Irish Free State, India and the colonies, assembled *in New Zealand for the first time in. the 50 years’ history of the congress, request me to thank your Majesty for your gracious message, conveyed by the Governor-General. They respectfully tender to your Majesty, patron of the congress, their loyal and dutiful greetings, to reiterate their devotion to the throne, and to express their sincere and confident hope that your Majesty’s reign wil] be long, peaceful and prosperous. They trust that their deliberations will result in the formulation of proposals which will bring about a further and speedy expansion of interImperial economic relations, and will thus contribute towards the solidarity of the British Empire.— (Signed) Elibank.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23002, 3 October 1936, Page 14
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