Ypres Times Maintenance Fund
THE YPRES TIMES
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rebuilding the College and equipping it with modern appliances. The R.S.P.C.A.
too, have opened an Animals' War Memorial Dispensary in Cambridge Avenue,
Kilburn, and over 6,000 animals were treated there during 1932. The Dispensary
is designed and equipped on modern lines to provide every facility for the efficient
treatment of the sick animals, and the secretary is always pleased to show visitors
around. On the outside of the building there is a tablet inscribed
This building is dedicated as a Memorial to the countless
thousands of God's humble creatures who suffered and perished in the
Great War 19141918. Knowing nothing of the cause, looking forward
to no final victory, filled only with Love, Faith and Loyalty, they
endured much and died for us. May we all remember them with grati
tude, and in the future commemorate their suffering and death by showing
kindness to living animals."
In this age of mechanisation the rising generation are apt to overlook the
sacrifice made on our behalf by the War Animals. We should, therefore, make it
our duty to tell our sons and daughters about these silent battlefield comrades of
ours. By so doing we shall inculcate a greater love and understanding in the
human heart for all dumb creatures; thus, even as we now enjoy the peace and
quiet of England given us by our fallen comrades, so will the animals of to-day
and to-morrow reap the benefit of their fellow-creatures' sacrifices.
P. S. B.
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OUR January edition of the Ypres Times contained a copy of a letter that had
been received at Headquarters from one of our most loyal members, namely
Mr. E. F. Williams of New Brighton, offering a suggestion backed by his
own initial contribution for raising funds for the maintenance of the popular League
journal. Since Mr. Williams' letter was published we have been touched by the
ready response by many other members supporting his proposition and we wish to
record here how immensely grateful we are to those who have so generously extended
us such encouraging support. We have pleasure to reproduce below a few of the
many letters received.
Several members have urged us to establish a fixed charge per quarter for the
journal but while appreciating very much indeed their kind sentiment, the Committee
wish to point out quite clearly that there is no intention whatever of considering any
official charge over and above the annual membership subscription of 5/- and that
any support generously extended to us under this heading must be entirely voluntary
and such amounts received to be added to the sum already on deposit at the bank
for this specific purpose.
