GOVERNMENT THANKED
MESSAGE TO MINISTER WELLINGTON, Jan. 25. In a radio message received yester--1 day by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Rear-Admiral R. E. Byrd expressed his appreciation of Government's action in arranging for the i quick transport of supplies for the Byrd Antarctic Expedition. The message from Rear-Admiral | Byrd is as follow.: “Please accept for i the people and Government of New Zealand' my deep and abiding gratitude for their generous donation of airplane service at a moment most critically affecting the successful accomplishment of my expedition’s mission, in which through the New Zealand men attached to the expedition, the New Zealand people are playing a most vital part. For yourself, Major Wilkes, Commander Isitt, Lieutenant Wallingford, and all others who were active, please accept my personal thanks. ’'
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 23, 27 January 1934, Page 7
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