THE MEMORIAL CROSS.

The memorial cross, which stands m prominent Tuition ja tlie nortn- west portion of Holy' Trinity church grounds, overlooks the junction of both .Derby street and Palmerston road, and stands [to remind- tlie passerljy -01 tlie 500 heroes who left this district and made the su- , nreme' sacrifice m •* the cause ■•■of- freedom and righteousness. The cross is- of mediaeval architecture, and is built of Sydney sandstone. Its height from base to top is .about 20ft., while the- concrete base ; on which it is j s about * 4ft. . square. At the, ends pf . the cross7piecoare the 'emblems of England (the rose). ! In s a- niche on the crosSarm is "rt • beaiiti- ' fui bronze. figure of the crucified Christ, with another bronze figure below it of a , mother and -her soldier ;b°y- .These , flg- , ures.. first, of all moulded m wax and, then w.orkgd m bronze by a -famous Italian Kin Xp^d.on. It/wra,s the delay m i their arrivail 'Which was the main rcasftn |for thrice ypajrs elapsing frorii the time i the or,dej* was placed, ifor lhe. work. This ry ' - due to'-the .difficulty 7in securing bronze, during- the war period.. The coloring scheme- o^i^he; memorial is ofa sombre, and Impressive Offect.. •dn the west face of the. base of Uie pillar aro the simple, words:, "To, jail the fallen m \l\e Great War; 1914-iß,*.' with the small text, "Their names liveth for ever. •• ori the i east - face .of thp base are the ' words, "This .memorial was erected by the eiTorts of the Holy ' Trinity Girls' Clab, Nov. 11, 1920." On each of thc other two panels are the names of the four, principal engagements m which' the New - Zealanders participated. On the north panel are the words, "Ypres. Sinai. Palestine, Jutland," white on the south- panel Are the names' pf "Gallipoli, Meisines, Somme, and' Passchendaele." . , The design of the cross, is by an eminent architect, .Mr. P. c. Eden, M.A.. Gray> 'inn Square, Londoii, and. the figures by an eminenfc Royal Academician.' In a commentary upon 'the ' memorial ' a postscript m the programme : states:— ! "The Calvaries, we are assured, made a ' great impression on our soldiers m France as an appealing reminder.. o the - wayfarer of the great fact of our redemption, we may confidently : .expect that ■ they *will make the same appeal to the people, of New Zealand; The, cross erected m Gisborne by the efforts of the . Holy Trinity • Girls', Club will remind all who pass by of thegi;eait sacrifice, and of those m Poverty Bay who m their degree have followed m its step's. It would seek to claim the Inhabitants of town and country, if only m an outward and visible way, for Christ arid the Christian faith. ,r ' ' pmmmmmmmmmmmmmm