QUEEN VICTORIA
LADY BLEDISLOE’S TRIBUTE “I suppose in the history of our Empire there was no one who did so much for the benefit of man, or who raised the sanctity of home life as our beloved Queen Victoria,” said Lady Bledisloe speaking to members of tne Victoria League in Wellington at a reception held in her honour. “ That is what we want to-day. If we lose the sanctity of home life we do our Empire grave harm,” she stated. Lady Bledisloe said that in a land of plenty, such as New Zealand, it was difficult to realise how hard were the sufferings of the people of Britain. There the worikng man scarcely had sufficient food to enable him to do his work properly, and that was the reason that food parcels sent from the Dominion were so joyously received. She paid a tribute to the women of England who kept homes going against great odds. Lady Bledisloe said she would report to those in the Victoria League at Home of the great progress here. “ The work being done in New Zealand and in the Old Country by the league is truly marvellous,” added Lady Bledisloe.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26413, 18 March 1947, Page 2
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