CARILLON BELL.

Hutt News, Volume 1, Issue 11, 26 August 1927, Page 3

CARILLON BELL.

A meeting of the subscribers to the Lower Hutt Carillon Bell Fund was held on the 16th inst. The Mayor, Mr. W. T. Strand, who presided, explained that some difficulty had arisen owing to the Wellington Comaiittee being obliged to allot the bell which had originally been allocated te Lower Hutt (No. 12, costing £217) to a next-of-kin. One alternative proposal vas, that No. 10 bell, costing £312, sftiould be taken up by Lower Hutt and Petone, to be known as the Hutt Valley Bell, the cost to be equally divided. This arrangement would leave the local committee with a surplus of £60, which it was thought might be expended in connection with the Campanile, possibly in the form of a tablet, to commemorate the memory of those men from the Lower Hutt who had made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War. A general discussion followed, and the opinion was expressed that possibly Petone might prefer to utilise their funds to create a separate memorial in the Campanile. It was eventually decided that a small Committee should discuss the position with, the Petone representatives, and in the event of their making the latter choice, the Lower Hutt Committee would make another appeal to the public in order to raise an additional £9h so that the original idea might be adhered to.