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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 20 June 1925, Page 16

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THE MAN IN THE MAKING

Will you help while von can jn the making Of heirs to succeed to yonr throne! Will you help to the point of iorsaking Some selfish desire of your own ! J

Will you place a firm grip on his shoulder. And give a warm grasp to his hand, Will you help the young lad to be bolCe-i, _ In this new and wonderful land.

Will you give to the point of forgetting The gift vou so gladly bestow ? Just assured, as a man, you ax - e setting Hi s feet in the way they should go.

Will you help then to 'av the foundation, . Your nerve and your sinew enjoy! For you’ll find the true wealth of a nation Enshrined in the heart of a hoy. —C. W. Chandler. SAILOR’S SONG. As the sea surges, to and fro, ■So do you come, and so you go. Out with the early tide, and away From the tall gum-trees that sigh and sway, From the golden sun and the silver shore, Where, the crested breakers leap and roar. From the harbour city of hilly streets. Where every ship of the world meets; The city that lilts a .Venetian tune, Of sombre waters, beneath the moon, Waters stabbed with lights from the ferry boats, Hurrying bv on their well-known routes. Ah —so you go. To-day here with me,, then gone tomorrow. i Sailing away from the land and its sorrow, With no regt'ets and hardly a sigh, Watching the sun in the easterpi sky, Always plenty of hands to do, Always ahead of; you something new. Glittering stars on tropic nigufs, Flying fish that gleam as bright,While the scented winds croon an endless song With the creaking masts, as you plough along. As the sea surges, to and fro. So have you come, so must you go. —II. Hamilton Mack, in the Sydney Morning Herald.