BOMBAY'S TRIBUTE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 280, 23 November 1923, Page 8

BOMBAY'S TRIBUTE.

APPROPRIATE WAR MEMORIAL UNVEILED BY THE MAYOR. Two imposing stone pillars, each surmounted by a lion, make a handsome gate at the entrance to the new recreation park at Bombay, and incidentally a fitting tribute in the form of a memorial to commemorate the service and sacrifices made by men who enlisted from the district during the war. It was originally arranged that the unveiling, ceremony should be performed hy his Excellency Lord JeUicoe, but owing to the illness of the Hon. Prudence Jellicoe, his Excellency was unable to leave Wellington, and "the ceremony was carried out yesterday by the Mayor of Auckland' (Mr. J. H. Gunson). There was a large attendance of Bombay residents. The recreation park, at which the memorial gates form a handsome entrance, provide for four tennis courts and a football ground, besides abundant space for gardens. A rough stone wall j has been erected along the front, and the I lions on the pillars bear shields, on which ' are the inscriptions "For King" and "For i Empire," while in the centre of the arch is a small marble tablet bearing the inscription "A tribute to those who served that we may live." Mr. A. Best, chairman of the Memorial Committee, traversed the movement which had enabled them to provide the recreation park, and said that six residents had made themselves responsible for the purchase of ftie area. The whole district had then entered into the right spirit of the worthy cause, and it was due to their efforts that Bombay could now boast a playground and a fitting memorial to those who had given service and made sacrifices in the Great War. In unveiling the memorial, Mr. Gunson said he was with those people who believed it possible to adequately uphold and bear testimony to the deeds and works of. their brave men, and at the same time give pleasure and profit to those of to-day. The gates would serve to recall the memories of the deeds of their brave boys> of whom 30 had given their lives. •He congratulated the people on the outcome of their efforts, and wished to convey the greetings of the citizens of Auckland. An impressive service, which included prayer and the singing of hymns, also the pronouncement of the Benediction ' by the Rev. Mr. Warnock, and the sounding of the "Last Post" by Mr. G. Longshaw, accompanied the unveiling of the memorial.