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Letter to Prime Minister John Curtin requesting a day of thanksgiving for rain
[Stamped in blue ink: ‘PRIME MINISTER’S DEPT.’, ‘4 JUN 1942’. Reference number ‘L372/1/1’ is handwritten inside the stamp.]
“Grantwood”
COWRA. N.S.W.
2nd June, 1942.
[Stamped in green ink ‘5 – JUN 1942’.]
The Prime Minister,
Parliament House,
CANBERRA. A.C.T. [underlined]
Dear Sir,
a few weeks ago a call was made for a day of Intercession for rain. The call has now been answered with bounteous rains; resulting in the saving of the lives of millions of sheep, the growth of pasture grasses and crops, provision of adequate water supplies, conservation of fodder supplies and the release of an enormous quantity of manpower for more essential work.
Do you not think it fitting that a special Day of Thanksgiving should be set apart?
