EMPIRE SERVICE

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20078, 26 October 1939, Page 8

EMPIRE SERVICE

FLOCK HOUSE BOYS BRITISH SEAMEN’S SONS NEW TASKS FOR TRUST (Special to tins Herald.) WELLINGTON, this day. “The British Empire is again engaged in war in dcience. of the liberty of smaller nations, and many of the young men brought to New Zealand tv this fund already have enlisted for active service, in the same spirit as that in which their fathers fought end died,” 'fated the annual report of the trustees of the New Zealand S 1 ieopow 11 oe s ’ Acknow!e dgnic r 1 o 1 Debt* to British Seamen Fund, subn itled at the arnua! meeting of subscribers vest u\lay ir. Wellington

As in if) 1-1-18. the Royal Navy and

,'io Brie.-!; mvrcni Die marine are the bulwarks of the Empire, the former m protect'eg the shores of Groat iirLuin. her Damir'ions and dependencies [rom invasion and policing the seas; and the latter in calmly carrying on their ordinary occupation of transporting food and necessities lor soldiers and civilians, the perils of ihe deep being now accentuated by che war-time menace of mines, torpedoes and enemy craft.

“The dependence of the outposts of Empire, such as New Zealand, upon

;hc British Navv and the mercantile marine D most clearly brought home to us in these times of war, and without the self-sacrifice of the men engaged in these services wo wi/u.d cease to exist as a nation.

“What service this fund can give in this present emergency will be given. The moneys on hand must be used as subscribed lot the men, women and children who suffered during the war of 1914-18; but doubtless money will be provided for this or some other fund to grant relief and help to the dependents of British seamen whose live.-- will be given, and already have been given, J .o keep the seas open for us."