Page 9 Advertisements Column 1

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16673, 18 October 1917, Page 9

r. ~7 — -—— ;«r ' ' ,M _j ___. ______ - ' I But shouldn't the Government look after our '■■■ f,lnto the breach came the British Red Cross || MKBsfe\ I wounded They should, and they are trying to. with its thousands of volunteer workers, its nurses, 1 I- \\ Our Government have done wonders—our army its doctors, and its medical supplies. How many || : i' ' HN-flftJL- has grown from 240,000 to over 5* millions, of , our fellows owe their lives to its wonder- | < - r '4_Sffi_£_PPnn i a u '•'' j ( u l fill work no story of the war 'can ever tell. The fi UI I and the casualties in modem warfare with such D .., .D , / c . ~ i. II I: _i_H_E_ : '' 1 1 ■'■ ■ " , , ' »».,. Ny, v , British Ked Uoss Society is spending over IS ""»* V* j| | an army are more than the Military Medical m day> neajly £3> m per | • JkjL Hjl Staff can cope with. annum on this great work. 1 ; You seethe reasonableness of it—we have collected || Mglm ■ lßf% nearly £50,000 for trench comforts, and who will deny our || boys, who are bearing the hardships of war, some of the com- jj ' forts that money can buy—but these men are hale and hearty. , 'MjBBB '' % fBL and bleeding they lie on the battlefield waiting for succour. j \\\ \ shell-swept no-man's-land, caring for the wounded and jj ". / relieving the dying—vail you help to pay for some of the J 1 \\ £3,000,000 worth of medical supplies and equipment | I iHHNffiiv vA '" To give all you can afford is not Generosity but Duty, I j ' ' I l^^^^^^y : : %\ 'To give less t than you can afford is to cmsh your Si s I ; /' :^l^^^^w- v ' ; P \\ Togivetdthep o ' nt sacr^ce an d count it a f j '1/■ - ; I ' \\ privilege is'but a right appreciation of this great opportunity. 1 •II jfllraSH 1 \\ In one of these three classes you place yourself— which , : II J f ' """""" \SSrarailj -~—»SSamss^ : n^ .' _H_iSißfe-fl-1--. te\ agree to contribute to the Red Cross the underlined sum, spread over the I / ' •■'■■\^HB_i|- : "- 1 B^^,/ Iffl Vf Y \ next year in 12 equal monthly payments, and herewith ' enclose my first V\ I "91 Total £1,000 £500 £250 £100 £50 £25 £12 ■! • I f' j • •' ; K^siS^ l '■■■''• '■ - im». Hi 1\ 1.1„ ' __™"'^**°'*^^ Bte Per Month—£B3 68 £41 13 4 £20 16 B£B 6 8 £43 4 '£2 18 £1 !