AN APPEAL IN AID OF THE NELSON AND DISTRICT BRANCH OF THE NEW ZEALAND RED CROSS.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 14130, 5 July 1916, Page 2

AN APPEAL IN AID OF THE NELSON AND DISTRICT BRANCH OF THE NEW ZEALAND RED CROSS.

[The following lines were specially written for the Nelson Red Cross and sent from England.]

„ , , ' [Copyright.] Orrey sky, dreary plain, Cold wind and drenching rain; Ho that served his Kinjr S o well Now lies helpless where he fell, Now lies wounded and in pain. Rind sir, gentle maid, Is there none to bring him aid- j Must he linger there .alone ? Oh! if it were only known, ; Someone surely then would go; Ah! my friends, but you ,dcTknow ; You do know that he is there. Can it be you do. not carer Every little help you give s Means some wounded man may live; Means a gentle hand will soothe Someone's pain, and lightly smooth Someone's pillow far away". Is there more that one need say? Must the Red Cross call unheard 0 Dare-we lot the help]--,* die, Tell our God that w< ■'■•v>d by With both'hjand and '^\rt unstirred? Never! — Now we hoar the call Let us answer one-, and all. WILLIAM BLATHWAYT. May 10th, 1916. | Batheaston, Bath. J

—In thus urging the necessity ior continued exertion I am by no means oblivious to tho magnificent response which the inhabitants of Nelson and the district have already made; a response that has rendered' possible tho splendid work done by this branch of the Red Cross.—W B