[Published by Arrangement.] REMARKABLE POEM (Special to the Star.) Wellington, April 9th, 19] ft Interest m to-morrow's licensing Doll has almost cached fever point nSf £2 the victory or defeat of i'roluSn k th^ main topic of conversation iTthe ! °"t 9 f ttf conflict of parties and nersonalitaes. there has come a reSSy c |^™-yproducti O n **«& tas reiired u«*ve seen it. Ihe poem is said to haro fc^E**? by,a ™*W£WeMng! ton resident, and in dignity and fortL reaches an exoeedmgjyl^ VS£ tK Voteo^ h s eteSr k-v^out^p— The llfe^ n .m€tl '~that duUs J°y° u8 That S 8'1*® heart 3 that>never The fii-st fine tove or ecstasy again. Vote d u4ft Tyng that d^re wi^ Within the wonib, the Httle Mfc asleeo • That wakening, shall find noTany S' But, limping into life, lives but to iSXp. Vote out^the fear of children who must Fr°m br2» dlUll fury or the WOTse emWho mder why the happy days are When could smile into a father's Vote out the dread of wives who wait alone For the wild'step, the maudlin kiss, the alow; ' sl"&ro beside the *monster wil«iy On carriage-bed whence love went long ago. VOte °hetrt 0 S"ake °°ilfid the 78 That W 6B UP°n the simple } laughing Witll kss^t fatal °UP' aDd Witll tire^ Pursues him to the ending of his joy. Vote out the. tears of mothers who wait aglS 1* &t* P ' and eager Wh° gateabl>lly blunderin S the And 11^ hOPe is Wt a dylng Vote out the. crimes that crimson from tne cup, ; Vote out the m&dness and the sJow de- _ sparr; The suicide's dark anguish—giving up Vw jne has mad^e y^fet^^g » of better things, V°te^2 c »«&&■ and happiness to ■ -■I — Advt.
poll on Inursday next. An interesting appears <^ page 3 of this issue-Advt. somS^« +?I^x that, so many returned up often enough before rhe Court fere/ has gone, through the experiences of ac Sink SU hT° V thiXt he was able +* drink before he went away without it SSf^ i? the sake of tl'ose returned soldiers who ore not so strong as E -,any SLS^ 8 tO-m? m>w., «'»d sure you rerord you r vote early.—Advt. iou Adn't raise your sea to be a booze traps. Vote for t}^ children and the nation to-morrow —A drt.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 9 April 1919, Page 4
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381Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 9 April 1919, Page 4
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