Wellington, M
Mr. R. G. Menzies, Australian Prime Minister, who arrived here on his return journey from Britain and the United States, spoke optimistically of the battle of the Atlantic, though he did not under-estimate its dificult ties, American patrols, he said, were of fir -rate importance.
r. Menzies expressed the belief that improved air-raid precautions would reduce night air-raids to a point when they would become unprofitable. He warmly praised the fortitude of the British people.
Speaking of Mr. Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies remarked that he was not tired in any way and was even more vigorous than before war—the Rent
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