EDWARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD
is said but for Edward Gibbon Wakefield’s life and work Canterbury might have become a French colony and that his services have never been recognised by any adequate memorial. In 1910. the Diamond Jubilee year of the Canterbury province, "The Press" refers to this omission in these words: “A bust of Wakefield stands in the Colonial Office. If an institution . . . can thus honour his memory, surely we, who owe him so much, can do as much or a little more.” After 40 years one asks would it not be fitting that Canterbury, the last and most characteristic of the Wakefield communities, should, as a part of its centennial celebrations, provide some enduring memorial to its designer’—Yours, etc., J. B. NORRIS. November 8, 1950.
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26265, 9 November 1950, Page 11
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