MEMORIAL CAIRN ON HAAST PASS
A print of the architect’s perspective sketch of the memorial cairn to be erected on the summit of the _ Haast Pass to commemorate the linking of Otago and Westland by road was received at the last meeting of the Automobile Association (Southland). A circular letter- from the Vincent County Council stated that the proposal to erect the memorial was first suggested by the Westland County Council, and had received the enthusiastic Support 'of local bodies and various nubhc bodies. With the idea of keeping the cost of the project within reasonable limits local materials, such as ?jbne, totara-logs, and shingle, were being used as far as possible. The chief cost was the labour of erection by (skilled masons. The estimated cost Of ' the memorial and an adjoining shelter for tourists was. £350.
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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22922, 19 January 1940, Page 2
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