“POPPY DAY.”
“In Flanders fields the poppies blow, Between the crosses row on row, That mark onr'place. . • • , “We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, and now we lie In Flanders fields. “Take up our quarrel with the foe! To you from failing hands we throw The torch. Be yours to lift it high! If you lircak faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies bloiv In Flanders fields.”
—(Col. McCrae,- Killed in Action)J
Poppies, showing red among the green, bring back to all who were there memories of far away France. , They ever remind us of the men whose lives were laid down in the eause of Liberty and Freedom. During summer, even though the guns thundered unceasingly, swallows appeared near the front lines in France, and flying low over the green and the red, would escort troops in, or out, of action. The swallows and the poppies seemed in keeping with one another, ever reminding the world of the great sacrifices demanded in human life that liberty might 'live. It is fitting'tSfcf the red (lower so significant of-what has passed, £;o full of memories/ should be.worn in commemoration of our Gallant Dead.
On Anzae Day (April 25th) throughout this Dominion the Flanders Poppy will he worn in memory of the fallen. From to-day, and until Saturday, these flowers will be on sale, and it is hoped that every person will make sure of obtaining one to wear on Anzae Day. The R.S.A. makes a Dominion-wide appear to every New Zealander to Buy a Poppy for Anzae Day.
The number of poppies pn sale in Foxton is limited to 450 at Is each, and 100-at 2s each. They may be obtained at the local shops, or from “The Herald” Office. Wear one on Anzae Day as a symbol of Remembrance.
The object of this scheme, which is being conducted all over New Zealand, is worthy of the support of ■ everyone. The poppies are being sold at one shilling each,.and after paying to the makers (children in the French devastated areas) the actual cost of making, the R.S.A. will retain the remainder of the funds raised to assist unemployed returned soldiers. If all the flowers in New Zealand are sold, some £3,800 will be returned to and a sum of approximately £lO,700 will be retained in the Donation for the purpose mentioned. Relief . to unemployed “Diggers” will be granted in the following order: — (a) Married men with family, and not in receipt of a pension. -;' x(b) Married men with family a in receipt of small pension. (c) Married and single men with dependants. * (d) Single men without dependants.
'ln tackling the unemployment problem as affecting their own members, the Returned Soldiers’ Association is assisting in no small way towards; coping with the Dominion’s unemployment problem generally. A. great percentage of the unemployed in New Zealand are either returned soldiers, or are dependant upon returned soldiers, and assisting them to tide over hard times is assisting the Dominion as a whole. Every person who wears a poppy will be contributing towards a fund which will be utilised to grant relief in. a deserving quarter. Knowing the object of the scheme to be a. worthy one, the R.S.A. appeal earnestly to the public for support. Saturday is Poppy Day.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2419, 20 April 1922, Page 2
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553“POPPY DAY.” Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2419, 20 April 1922, Page 2
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