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COLONEL DENYS REITZ PURCHASE OF WOOL CLIP BY BRITAIN '[ British Ofiit i.-l Wireless. | RUGBY. Dec. 7. Colonel Denys Reitz. South African Minister of Native Affairs, who during his five weeks' visit to London was the South African representative at the Ministerial conversations, loft by air for Johannesburg. Before leaving ho expressed profound admiration foi Britain’s war effort and plans for the single-minded spirit he found in England and France. i During h's visit Colonel Reitz dined with the King at. Buckingham Palace, land had frequent meetings for discusi sion on defence matters with members of the Cabinet. Armament factories and training depots in various parts of Britain were visited, and during the tour of France with the other Dominion Ministers he inspected the defences of the Maginot Line. Pretoria reports that Britain has agreed to purchase most of South I Africa’s wool clip at 102 d a lb
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 291, 9 December 1939, Page 7
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