The Helping Hand

NZ Truth, Issue 1141, 13 October 1927, Page 1

The Helping Hand

In simple words he apologised for not being a financial member of the N.Z.R.S.A. "I'm sorry," he said, "I'm not financial." Such a man as this, though, will stand by the organisation when times are good. Men m good Government jobs who would not miss their small donation to the association every year sidetrack the real issue when they say: "Oh, what's the use? It doesn't do me any good." This is not the spirit which brought thousands of men together to fight side by side during the war, nor does it make for that "service for others" which is the mainspring of the organisation. At the close of the war, the membership of the N.Z.R.S.A. stood at something like 80,000, but owing to that "Don't care" attitude and the tendency to drift, the organisation's strength has diminished. Now, however, the "drift" has been arrested and membership is increasing rapidly. "Truth" hopes that if Field-Marshal Haig visits these shores m 1929, he will find the foundation unit of the B.E.S.Li. as strong and vigorous a body as m the early post-war days. lllllllllllllllllilllllllllll!llllllllllllllllltlilllllllllllilllll!!l!l!IIIIHI!l!l!llllll!llllllllll