IN MEMORIAM.
ARTHUR HAMILTON AMRtJRY. 1 Far -up on the snow-clad. mountain side. Seeking to save another, he died. No thought of self when he took hip stand Firmly,, with alpemltodk in hand, But one.thought alone, that other t," save, Who was hastening; down to. a rooky grave- ' ; 'ilo well knew the risk when making that stand; lie knew he was taking his life in -Ms hantfc Yet willing, to give, If another might live. ;!Io clutched at the fallen man to save, ■Prom sliding down to the waiting grave, iGuli no human strength could' the'shock withstand, An<l the alpenstock Ibroke-'offehort in his hand, And lie, too, wis hurled! to a cruel death 'While, tho watchers g&zod with bated breath. r i' lo .fagged ice and snow, • 'i '"r .iind faster down they go, ''3 frowning cliffs Ibelow. '<•'» passed from this life Willi its: earo and its strife. Yet He who said so long ago "Greater lovo than this can no man; show" \V ill grant a crown of life to him who gave his life away ITi'th up on the mountain side that day, O.M.
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 June 1918, Page 2
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186IN MEMORIAM. Taranaki Daily News, 18 June 1918, Page 2
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