WELCOMED AT WHANGAREI

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 61, 13 March 1942, Page 3

WELCOMED AT WHANGAREI

VICE-REGAL VISITORS • •’ A ■ Whangarei, March 12. The Go\• rnm -Genc i il Sir Cyril \ • ■ on the «»■•- u.- .»u <>: i. ■ • ; v:.-it t • Whangarei th - .c'-iii - n ini evening. Replying I ■■ >me from town and •ur.’,. ir. i the Maori criminal as .- m<> -h to prelend that tn.- var s n is lything bi indeed come when •.e must all of u.-. rn°n. women : ch !i--n alike, must i all o reso them willingly in the common cause. If we do this and do it with a good heart and do it now, •• b *.c no reason to fear the ui! It is only a qu- Gon •; lim*- before the Empire. <>ur A".---. and our

friends can mobilise our full resources ; lan*. be able io attack the I ••ncm\ with a force far too strong I for him to stand up to. Until that lime .! is our duty to hold on. Every civilian in the land has a vital part to i ;.’!a\ in the struggle. It is essential ; that • should all be prepared to do I a hat is required of us and do it "If the enemy dares set fool upon t sacred soil we must stand up to i.i.n and attack him with evei\ < j c capon at our command." said Si: I i C>rii. who urged: "We must prepai- ' : our mmds as well as our bodies fo: j | the confhct. Il is our duty to kec: I ! monde hi :h and our determine-] tion unassailable. This will be helped ' refusing to listen to rumour or ili- ' informed criticism.” — =