THE TOWER AT NIGHT

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 97, 26 April 1932, Page 10

THE TOWER AT NIGHT

LIGHT OF REMEMBRANCE "A SPIRITUAL THl^a" One of the most notable events in connection with the consecration of the National War Memorial Tower and Carillon yesterday was the turning on of the "Perpetual Light of Remembrance," in the amber lantern on the top of the tower. As the sun sank in the west in a blaze of golden glory, with purple and violet hues fast fol-" lowing in his wake, the light on the tower shone out. as a golden star which was seen from every point of vantage all around the city, and from Eastbourne and the Hutt Valley. But it was when the tower was floodlighted immediately after dark that the tower, surmounted by its golden light, stood out a thing wholly apart —a vision of mystic, ethereal beauty, isolated, soft, and wholly appealing. So it seemed to 'those who viewed it from the distance, but the impression created upon the thousands in Buckle street who listened to the ever-memor-able recital by Mr. Clifford E. Ball and Miss Gladys Watkins was even greater still. Against a. sky of black velvet, besprinkled .with silver stars, the tower stood out, softly silhouetted, a living, breathing, spiritual thing, internally lighted showing even "Eeo Wairua," the Bourdon1 bell, hanging in his frame, and the position of the clavier chamber. Above, * completing all, shone' the golden light against the sky. Then the tower showed that it was really a living thing. It sang with its whole soul the songs of the Old Land and the new, and the crowd was held enthralled. An hour of such playing was not too much for the listeners. They demanded more—and got it. Another thing which impressed the | spectator and the listener was, not only the beauty of the tower and of the bells and the playing, but the splendid way in which all the notes were emitted, each and every bell sounding full and clear. It represented a triumph in both architecture and construction. The flood-lighting of the tower was carried out gratuitously by Messrs. A. El Christian and Co., and the Golden Light of Bemenibrance was installed free of charge by B. "and E. Tingey,