For H. E. Holland.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 55, 29 March 1912, Page 7

For H. E. Holland.

Get Him to New Zealand.

AN APPEAL

I appeal t<> the workers of .New /■< aift.lMl ll)l' lllllUKlill B'UppO'l't iol , tlw«-t sterling and uncompromising champion i)i' the "bottom' <lot»-,'.' Henry X Holland, who lias been, for Hi« kst 11 months laid up suffering from a nervous breakdown. -IJw> final accumulated result ol years ol struggle and Jiiu'd-ship--especially duinit tho hist seven years (it tin. , lite of .the "iVople" — which virile. class-conscious paper he founded. Straight as n jiim-barrel, and ever ready to voice. tjiO voiceless, this sturdy fighter lias fallen, by tho wayside, ajid it is up U) iiio- tliroujrlioiit tho liMifil-h and brcadtli of AlaiMiland to \±\vv liini n iirlj)iiif4 b;>nd. Kvcr r«'fl(]y to Jiirow in his splendid taNiiis t-d ln'lp in (lie always in tin , • tbi'k of tiio industrial and economic liglit wiicrcvfr it was ticr^cft; on t-iio platform or in tbc pres-v, tJ.it class to which ho Iwlongs had nn unbuyablc IVa/dor in him, and —ajuiin I say it —it iy up to that class to mal<o good. During a coin:oif;atirin I had villi jiiin a couple ol months ago at Ins homo in Sydney he oxpwsNtnl tlie wisli to got ovrr to iV<-iv for a brief holiday. '. "Six weeks at T-lii? batlis at Hotoiua would make a. now man of mo." he leuiiirked. but the smile, that niOiineni--ariiy lit Ins foaturns at the thouuJil of a prosjKM-tivo trip died away as his ga,/A' rested on the mass ol eoiT< v sjM)nneo and routine work lying on the table before him—lor lie ia editor, proof-reader, oh*., of that stm£f_'linir. yet indomitable li11lf» paper, "The International iSw'ial.ifitr' , (Sydney).

Now I .want to «co, the .workers tif this country make' possible that hx weeks' treatment at Rotorna for this .plucky fight-er, for he deserves the. gratitude and Oif the toilers if <'\<T a man did. In liis li.-ltor u> mc his writes: "1 should very mueli lileo to ieel that I wap earning the 1 rip liv n-turning something to the movoni'Mit in the way of work done/ ftvery comrade I havo spokrji io on the matter, t.ltat t'liis apiM'iil should be made : so I unhesitating- \\ iliak< , it. feeling sure that it will liwot with a.v imniediate and ready response. Mr. Kos?, Editor of'"The jMaorilantl Worker,' , lias undertaken to act as f.easurer of t'ho fiindj and all eontribu{jvns will he duly acknowledged in tln'se oolumns.—Ye.iirs in tin l tiL'ht, (; w-ymouth. JWX J'- DESMOND. The editor v.irmly endorses Mr. D.-smond's appeal, and will be pleased in re-eeivo eoTitriljutMins. Amounts received: C. Clark, Grey, os.; A Friend, (Jivy, As.; lfany AtkiiLsoiij CoWen, .v*.;'j{.,SJt. J il.