THAMES PIONEERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 58, 8 March 1913, Page 10

THAMES PIONEERS.

i\ A SUGGESTED SOUVENIR.'; i As an outcome of a su<"»etTn,. '■•-"»■ J by Mr. Arthur M. Myers.tffl£*?s& ) that a permanent memorial will _T * c : of the band of hardy p£Jfe' first ten years of the Thames [The idea is that a shield .photographs of the old hands prominent between 1867-77, should be hungT,™ public piace such a, the Mr. Myers, in writing to the Mayor of : Thames (Mr. H. Lowe), s to give £20 for the purpose, said th« ill shield "would serve to remind therisin J j generation in the years to come that if .they washed to prove worthy of the her : ujitage they have received from the nast' <i they must seek to emulate the spirit; and _ • character of those who have gone befort ' i I feel sure that the present and past re- I s.sidents of the Thames will accord-this scheme their hearty support. It is onl* .fitting that we should express in '•some •s tangible way our admiration j brave and sturdy pioneers who bor e -the .heat and the burden of the early period.. . of this Dominion's existence, and to J whom so much of our present prosneritv , and well-being are due. 'f^r-. j! Mr. Myers also communicatedj Blomfield, the president of the' Old , Thames Boys' Association in Auckland ijand at the last meeting .that body'-aV ;!cided to confer with the Executive rCom- . mittee at the Thames which had/hi 1 hand the arrangements for the recent 'celebrations, in order to see what ebui'i "ibe done in the matter, and it is more * . ; than likely that the scheme will besii* i'cessfully carried through. .-'.: '-i>.