SEDDON MEMORIAL.
UNVEXLED-.THiS- AFTERNOON". _
The Seddon Memorial at the Royal dale corner, Onehunga, was unveiled this afternoon at ■ 3 o'clock by the Hon. G. Fowlds, Minister for Education. Despite the inclement weather, there was a.gpqd attendance, and the scene was gay with bunting. The Gnehunga and Mt. Roskill cadets, under Captain Kenny, and the veterans from the Veterans' Home, under Captain Archer, formed-a guard-of honour. The Onehunga Brass Band was also in attendance. In ' the absence - ofc Mr John Rowe (Mayor of Onehunga);, Mr C. Bagley (chairman of the Mt. RoskQl Road Board) presided. The speakers included Messrs Massey, Lang, and Bollard, M.P.'s, and the unveiling ceremony .waa performed by the Hon. G- Fowlds. '• - ■]■• -■ The memorial has been erected at; a cost of £700, and was designed'by Mr j. Park,- of Onehunga, Mr Parkinson, of Auckland, being" the builder. It stands at the. meeting of five roads, and will "answer the purpose of a shelter, post officeand drinking fountain,.and will also.light lup the locality with five lamps. . '~ ~-■•
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Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 160, 7 July 1909, Page 5
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