HAIG STATUE
LIVELY CONTROVERSY. LONDON, March 19. Sera]) the second mode] of the Lord Haijr equestrian statue, compensate the sculptor, and open » competition for a new design, was the British Legion'-; suggestion to the Commissioner of Works, Mr, Lansbury, following lengthy criticism of the amended design of the National Memorial by Mr. A. F. Hardiinaii, for erection in Whitehall. Colonel John Brown, introducing the deputation, said that the Legion thought that, fur the sake of the future "-eneratious, and also in the interest of historical accuracy, the statue should represent Earl Haig. Yet Haig did not wear a cape as shown, which was almost a slander on the Handers weather, bad as it might have been. Lady Haig had thrice written him, asking whether nothing could be done to make the statue express her husband's personality and individuality. Colonel Boraston, Lord Haig's former secretary, said the model made him look like a German war-lord. Mr. Lansbury, explaining his inability to accept the suggestion, said that he had interfered with expert advisers regarding the firet design, and could not be expected to oeer-rida them again.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 70, 24 March 1931, Page 7
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