SPIRIT OF SERVICE

Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 148, 20 December 1945, Page 11

SPIRIT OF SERVICE

R.S.A. MESSAGE

A Christmas message to all ex-ser-vicemen has been issued by the president of the N.Z.R.S.A. (Mr. B. J. Jacobs) as follows:— "At last the hopes we expressed have been realised and we are about to celebrate Christmas once again free from the grim shadow of war and its accompanying anxiety and sadness. On the eve of the festive season I desire, on behalf of the N.Z.R.S.A., to extend to all ex-servicemen and to those still in the services the very best of wishes for the coming Christmas and for the New Year. "We particularly remember the men and women who are sick, maimed, or disabled. Our thoughts fly also to comrades, never to return, and to, relatives who mourn their loss. To us who are left, there still remains a challenge if we are to reap the full benefit of the sacrifices made. Our answer to that challenge should be to make a solemn resolve that discharge from the forces does not signify the termination of our service, but that rather it marks our entry into a wider field of service to our country. "In the certainty that our association will continue its efforts in this direction, I convey my simple message to all, confidently expressing the hope that 1946 will usher in a long period of happy and peaceful prosperity in the promotion and maintenance of which we, as a united body, shall have made a substantial contribution."