CENTENNIAL MEMORIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 282, 29 November 1938, Page 8

CENTENNIAL MEMORIAL.

Dclepatrs from all Aueklnml local I'liLlioritirs pnrticipnting in the Crntcnnial memorial will meet to-morrow night to discuss which of the schemes suggested ahnll be adopted. The discussion is of vital interest and it is to be hoped that it will bo approached in a manner befitting so important an occasion. Several major plana have been suggested; for all practical purposes they hnve been narrowed down to three—the national park in the Wnitnkeres, the urt centre, and the Ilohson Buy sport and recreational nrea. Nothing indicative of the total cost of the arts proposal, or whether it involves further encroachments on the Domain, has so fur In-cn inii.lc public, but it is plain that a very sum, probably in the neighbourhood of 51 '200,000, would ultimately bo involved, while the experience of reclamation works in the pa-t makes it plain that a still larger Mini would be involved in the Hob-oii Hay proposal. Either of these two schemes could be carried to fruition at any time in the near or distant future. Not so with the VVnitnkcre park. Unless the reservation of that area be made now the opportunity will pass for ever, for subdivision and building will so alter the face of the ranges that the glorv will have departed, while the cost of reclamation, once the cutting up process has extended, would be altogether prohibitive. The case for each of the plans should be fully stated to to-morrow's meeting ;iml the total euato clearly indicated.