STARVING CHILDREEN FUND.
THANKS FROM HOAIE
The following lines of thanks appeared in a Nottingham ’paper. In referring to the gift the editor ot the Home ’paper wrote: " England’s prosperous child has not -forgotten her parent in that parent’s hour of need. It is a great lesson co all children in all places in her dominoins” :— Our thanks to thee, New Zealand, Who hunger’s cloud didst lift From many a British homes'eml By thy most timely gift. Brave men were bravely struggling For belter chance live, For brighter homes, and may joys, Their labour failed to trivf;. in labour’s bi:fei struggle It proved, as aye it must, The weakest had their faces pressed The nearest to the dust. Then came thy gift. New Zealand, To give us hope and heart. And show that in our direst need Thou still wouldst bear a part. - Our love to ib.ee. Nev. Zealand, Here’s "hands across the sea,” Thanks for thy gift, but most we prize The love that prompted thee.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBTRIB19120701.2.22
Bibliographic details
Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 168, 1 July 1912, Page 5
Word Count
167STARVING CHILDREEN FUND. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 168, 1 July 1912, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Hawke's Bay Tribune. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in