EARNED GOOD NAME

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21336, 6 February 1941, Page 11

EARNED GOOD NAME

NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS GENERAL CONTENTMENT New Zealand soldiers had made a good name for themselves, said Mr W. J. Jordan, High Commissioner for New Zealand m London, in the course of a broadcast from London last night. “ A large number of letters has been received testifying to their good conduct,” said Mr Jordan. He described the entertainment arranged at Christmas for members of the New Zealand forces in Britain and the receipt of parcels for the men from New Zealand, and said that anyone present at the festivities would have seen what the New Zealand Patriotic Fund was doing for the men and would have realised that the money was being spent in the right way. He had visited the places where the New Zealanders were stationed and had found general contentment and an appreciation by the men of what was being done for their welfare. Mr Jordan also paid a tribute to the staff of New Zealand House, who, he said, in spite of the air raids, were doing their job well. The office had been threatened more than once, but they were still working in it. He spoke appreciatively of the action of one member of the staff, who, in a moment of danger, had given his first thought to the safety ex' a confidential code book.