BRITAIN’S TASK
MAXIMUM AID FROM NEW ZEALAND ATTITUDE TO FRANCE (From Our Parliamentary Reporter) WELLINGTON, June 27. “As Britain’s task becomes harder and her peril greater, we in New Zealand are increasingly strengthened m our, determination to-stand by her and to give her &11 the aid that lies within our power,” said the Prime Minister (Mr P. Fraser) in the House of Representatives to-night. While the decision of the Bordeaux Government was deplored, he said, they had no desire t 0 utter any reproach to '-he French people who had fought so magnificently and suffered so cruelly in. the war. They sympathised with the French in the bitter trials they now faced. . “To the French communities m the South Pacific, the Government has expressed Us sympathy and its desire for mutual co-operation.” said Mr Fraser. “An invitation has been given to the French people living in this country 'o remain with us in the struggle against the common enemy." The Government confidently believed, he added, that victory was not beyond British powers and resources.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24336, 28 June 1940, Page 8
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