A NATION'S TRIBUTE
The proposal to erect a national memorial in honour of the late Prime Minister is one that does .credit to the hearts and minds of the proposers. The sentiment behind the proposal undoubtedly has the approval of the people of New Zealand who desire to express their love and esteem for a great leader. We hope, however, that the method of- providing for this memorial and the form it is to take will not be decided hastily, or in a way that may provoke' unseemly controversy. Our own view is that the chief memorial—the national memorials-should be erected "with State funds. For this there is a precedent in the erection of the national memorial to the late Mi-. Seddon. A State memorial, moreover-, does the greater honour because it is accorded only to' those who have been foremost in the public service. In the same way a small tablet in Westminster Abbey is a greater mark of public worth than the finest monument outside the walls. We have ho.Abbey in New Zealandj but the nation may pay its tribute as a nation thfdugh its representatives in Parliament. A memorial thus erected will be in the most complete form from the whole of the people of New Zealand.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 116, 20 May 1925, Page 4
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210A NATION'S TRIBUTE Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 116, 20 May 1925, Page 4
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