BRITISH PEOPLE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24774, 26 November 1941, Page 4

BRITISH PEOPLE

DETERMINATION TO WIN DOMINION'S DUTY STRESSED "If the people of Britain can reach greater heights of grandeur and nobility than people have ever done in the face of bombing from the air, then I say there is nothing too much that we can do to help them to achieve victory for mankind." In these words the Prime Minister, Mr Fraser, made an appeal for the maximum war effort when he spoke at the civic reception given to him on his arrival in Dunedin yesterday. " If you had seen some of the sights I saw during my visit to Britain," Mr Fraser said, "you would realise that it is not too much for us to expect that every ounce of energy we can put in, every penny we can spare and every job we can do ought to be done. I saw the people of Plymouth, after their dance halls had been destroyed and their picture theatres ruined, dancing on summer nights on the famous Hoe where Drake played bowls when the Armada came. I saw Coventry, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow, where houses had been blasted by bombs. In one small town near Liverpool 17,000 out of the 22,000 houses had been destroyed. "But if you had seen those people, calm and courageous, not giving way, but determined to stand up against the tyranny which threatens to black out the world, then you would realise that we must do everything we can to help them." Mr Fraser offered the thanks of the Government to all patriotic organisations, the Home Guard, the Women's War Service Auxiliary, the E.P.S. organisation, the Red Cross and the St. John Ambulance, as well' as to all other war workers, for what they were doing at the present time.