WAR MEMORIAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 27 April 1922, Page 5

WAR MEMORIAL.

UNVEILED AT TAUMARUNUI

TELEGRAPH —PRKSS ASSOCIATION.^

I&EMARTINUI, April 26. ' The first war memorial erected in T-aumarunui was unveiled on Anzac 3Dfcay by General Sir Andrew Russell. The jnemorial, which was erected by the returned soldiers in the district in memory of their fallen comrades, took the form of a wayside cross on a prominent site overlooking the Domain. In the -morning General Russell was accorded ;a civic reception, and a combined commemoration service followed. The weather, which had been cold and showery In the morning, broke fine in the afternoon, and a large crowd of people attended the unveiling ceremony, at which Captain Beles, D.C.M., president of the local branch of the R.S.A., Army Chaplain Seton, and General Russell delivered addresses, the general stressing the need for looking after returned men who may be in unfortunate circumstances and illhealth. A hundred handsome wreaths were placed a;t the foot of the memorial after the oereraony, whic'fc was very impressive throughout.