The Bridge of Remembrance.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 17985, 31 January 1924, Page 8

The Bridge of Remembrance.

The citizens must be thoroughly tired of the prolonged squabble which has followed the failure of the Bridge of Remembrance Committee to decorate the bridge with the names of private persons. They will read, we should say, with very much regret, if not with a stronger feeling, the account we give to-day of the latest stages in the quarrel between the Bridge Committee and the City Council's Committee. These two bodies appear to be unwilling to answer each other's letters, and do not appear to have reflected that their dignity and convenience are of mucSt less importance than the need that the inscription shall be finally agreed upon and a controversy ended which is not at all creditable to those concerned. Except to those who can permit themselves to observe the humour of a contest between the committee and the Council concerning the phraseology of the English inscription, and the still greater absurdity of the Council's pretension to a taste in Latin, the whole affair must be very disagreeable indeed. If some arrangement cannot be come to quickly, the best plan will be for the Council to take charge of the business, and have its own favourite inscriptions cut forthwith.