THE SYMPATHETIC TOUCH
WORK OF R.S.A. MANY WOULD GO TO WALL Just what the sympathetic help or the R.S.A. meant to many of the less fortunate returned soldiers was briefly touched on at last night’s reunion of the Gisborne E;S.A. A tribute was paid to the work of the secretary, Mr. W. Oakden. “Our secretary is doing a noble work for the Returned Soldiers’ Association,” remarked Lt.-Coloned R. F. Gambrill. “Ho is working himself to death in doing so, and we are paying him a miserable salary for it. He works 22 hours out of the 24 for the returned soldiers. ’ ’
On the president’s call, the gathering rose and toasted Mr. Oakden. Mr. Oakden, in reply, said there was not much ho could say except that the work was worth while. The backing of the association’s members gave the officers great heart to carry on the work. If there was no association to give sympathetic support, many of the men would go to the wall. If the members realised this, they would feel that their membership fee was worth while. lie believed that the fellows in jobs did not always realise wlia't the sympathetic touch meant to many who had no jobs.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17920, 26 October 1932, Page 6
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202THE SYMPATHETIC TOUCH Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17920, 26 October 1932, Page 6
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