The Star. SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1921. "LEST WE FORGET."

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 7 May 1921, Page 4

The Star.

SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1921. "LEST WE FORGET."

Delivered, . every evening by 6 o'clock in Hawera, Manaia, Normanby. Okaiawa, Eltham, . Mangatoki, Kaponga, Awatuna, Opunake, Otakeho, Manutahi, Alton, Hurleyville, Patea, Waverley.

In some way or another, according to the rank he heJd and the position he occupied before becoming a soldier of the King, every man of the Dominion Forces who fell on active service should have his memory honoured by the people of a grateful country, either personally iby his own friends and relations, or publicly 'by a memorial in church, park or some public place. History teaches, .it is generally agreed, by examples; j the deeds of the great men of a country ;be they soldiers or civilians, -who are the essence and foundation of history, should ,be perpetuated by some memorial so that the peoplev coming after them may be inspired to-emulate their good, qualities,' to live nobler, ibetter and more unselfish lives, and to take a part in the task of the up-' lifting and improving of the social body of which they -form a part. Of such a type was ,the late Oolonel Malone, one of the men of Anzac who offered their lives as a .sacrifice for the nation and for the cause of right. Colonel Malone was a born soldier and did his part in the native troubles in the eighties; a pioneer settler who took up .rough land and made it a model farm, and a man who took his full shore in the public life of (the, district, and was keenly and deeply interested in the political life of the Dominion before he practised as a lawyer. He was a man known far and wide foiyhis downright earnestness and directness of character and his hatred of all- that savouredi of sham and deceit. Into his military life he carried those characteristics that had made him .successful and esteemed in private life. Men who served under him haye ■borne witness, to the fact that he was a great disciplinarian, a man thorough in all his ways, with a wonderful attention to detail, that proved so useful in the care of his men, yet withal a man with a fund of common sense ana a broad human outlook on! li£e that made him ever careful of the wants and comfort of his men. He would never ask his men to do anything that he would not do, or to go anywhere he would not go. His reputation in those fateful days on G-allipoli stood very high/and his death at or near the top of the Lone Pine ridge was deplored '• by all and felt very severely. He was

the type of man the army and the Dominion could ill afford to lose. It is most encouraging to know that his work for the land he loved has not been forgotten and that a movement is on foot to erect a fitting memorial of iiis' great services to district, King, and Empire. What form this will take has not -been decided < n, :but of this we feel assured that not only in Taranaki but throughout th© Dominion or wherever are to be found men who knew him or served under him, there will ,be a generous a-esponse and that the result will be a memorial worthy of a true son of the Empire, who when the call came— indeed, it is well known that in his farseeing judgment he anticipated the call and prepared himself to answer it when it came:—went forth as did so many of the salt of the Empire's manhood and so did his part that by his work he had a share in making the name of Britons whether from the Old Country or overseas, more highly respected and revered than ever ibefore in the history of the | Anglo-Saxon race. He with all that mighty host deserve the very best of their kindred and people. Never must their name 'be forgotten. Never, we hope and trust, will their glory fade, for they proved that they were inspired iby the ideal that Keats so1 well expressed when he wrote: "Beauty1 is truth, truth beauty—that is all Ye know on earth and all ye need to know."