BUILDING ACTIVITIES
less expensive. Fiist. help to win the war, then build, knowing we "did what we could." Those: houses:,, which arc costing so muoh to build; methinks, in the future, they Avill cry aloud "I helped! to turn possible victories into defeat and cost the life of a soldier." Our men are offering thei>' all. Yours etc,, ANXIOUS. For the sake of a nail a shoe was lost, For the sake of a shoe a horse; was lost, For the sake of a horse a man was lost, For the sake of a man a battle was lost, For the sake of a battle a Kingdom was lost.
Sir,—lt is with' surprise I notice the continued proposed buildiing activities of our town. Is it patriotic? 4 Our money is, so badly wanted to d,e'feat the Beasts of Europe. Surely* wei could l wait for the new Post Office and Fire Station, meanwhile lending, the money toi the Home Government for war activities. Later on the buildings would* provide work for some of our returned men, and possibly the materials might be
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 302, 7 May 1941, Page 4
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