NEW ZEALAND FORCES CLUB
Premises Opened In Cairo ( From the Official Wai Corres[H>ndent with the N.Z.E.F. in the Middle East.) CAIRO, February 5. Gratitude for the generosity of the New Zealand public whose contribulions to patriotic funds had made the club possible was expressed by MajorGeneral Freyberg at the opening today of the New Zealand Forces Club in Cairo. He added that he hoped the club would be a home away from home because New Zealand beer, tobacco, butter, jam,, honey, mutton and lamb nd perhaps even tinned oysters were ikely to be available.shortly. He paid a warm . tribute to the kindness of Britons in Cairo, who had so generously accommodated New Zealanders at various services institutions till they had a club of their own. Lady Wavell. declaring the club open spoke of her pleasure at seeing pre mises which as a Fascist club had been dedicated once to Mussolini’s cult of 'error become ti place where free men >i the' Empire would gather as their •'’her* did it another war
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Camp News, Volume 2, Issue 60, 14 February 1941, Page 7
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