GEORGE V. MEMORIAL

Grey River Argus, 22 June 1939, Page 9

GEORGE V. MEMORIAL

WESTMINISTER SITE. RUGBY, June 20. The House of Commons carried unanimously a resolution moved by Mr Chamberlain, authorising the Government to devote to the purposes of a national memorial to King George V.J the property in the old Palace yard, l at Westminster, which is now vested in the Office of Works, and is required for forming an open space round the statute of his late Majesty. The Prime Minister reviewed ' the successive changes in the original proposal for the site, and the controversies which have arisen, and made it clear that the Government had had no part in these decisions, which were the responsibility of the National Memorial Committee. He expressed the view, however, that the site and the monument would make a worthy memorial. Incidentally, the curtailment of the site surrounding the monument could result in the release of a further sum for the Memorial Fund for the other and more-costly part of the memorial scheme—the provision of playing fields. Mr Greenwood and Sir A. Sinclair also declined to revive or to associate themselves, at this stage, with past controversies, and expressed satisfaction at the appropriate nature of the memorial.