HELP FROM EMPIRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 September 1939, Page 6

HELP FROM EMPIRE

MANY OFFERS BEING MADE. TO BRITAIN LATEST FROM GUIANA. RESOLUTION- BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.5 a.m.) RUGBY, September 7. Messages continue to come from the colonies, offering all possible help while Britain is at war. The latest comes from British Guiana, where the Legislative Council passed a resolution unanimously pledging assistance. ENTHUSIASM IN INDIA GOVERNMENT APPLIES CHECK. (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) SIMLA. September 7. So many offers of service have been received that the Indian Government has requested the public to continue in their ordinary occupations to avoid a dislocation of industry. APPEAL BY NIZAM (Received This Day, 10.15 a.m.) HYDERABAD, September 7. The Nizam of Hyderabad has called on Indians to sink their differences and do everything to assist Britain. AGA KHAN’S CALL UNSTINTED SERVICE URGED TO EMPIRE. THE PROTECTOR OF FAITH AND LIBERTY. (Received This Day, 10.5 a.m.) RUGBY, September 7. The Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of ten million Ismailian Mohammedans, scattered throughout Western India, East Africa and Central Asia, has called on those who look to him for guidance to give unstinted service to the cause of the British Empire, which, ho said, “is the protector of our faith and liberty." PARTIES IN EGYPT ANTI-BRITISH CAMPAIGN CALLED OFF. (Received This Day, 10.15 a.m.) CAIRO, September 7. The Wafd has agreed to participate in the Government and the anti-British campaign has been called off.