GOVERNOR’S WARNING
LOOK TO DEFENCES SOUTH AFRICAN PARLIAMENT Received Feb. 5, 5.5 p.m. CAPETOWN, Feb. 3. At the opening of Parliament, the Governor-General, Sir Patrick Duncan, expressed gratification at the improvement in international relations, out warned every country which valued its liberty to keep its defences equipped. The Leader of the National Party gave notice that it would ask the Government officially to declare "Die Stem van Suid Afrika” as the only National Anthem. The Leader of the Dominion Party will request an annual adequate grant to the Royal Navy in acknowledgment of the protection afforded and will also ask for further shipping contracts with the British Mercantile Marine. Another surplus of £1,000,000 ticipated.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 30, 6 February 1939, Page 7
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114GOVERNOR’S WARNING Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 30, 6 February 1939, Page 7
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