WAVERLEY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 6 October 1923, Page 6

WAVERLEY.

MEMORIAL COMMITTEE

A public meeting was held in <the supper room of the Town Hall on Tuesday night, Mr Adlam presiding. There i wa£ a tair attendance of the public. Ihe chairman outlined the work of the Memorial Committee during the past year, and stated that they now had cash in hand or promised amountnig to £706 13s 6d. The present meeting was to decide what form the memorial should take. He would be glad to receive suggestions. Personally he favoured a grandstand in the( Domain. He thought one could be built for about £1200. Miss Elmslie said a grandstand would be very nice, but was quite out of keeping with the object of the memorial. Mrs Graham said that in view of the fact that the old Wairoa, Redoubt had been offered to them, she considered that something should be built on that site. Mr F. O. Matthews said they could go on making suggestions and throwing them out all night. He considered that the only way to settle the question was to run a carnival, each scheme to have its queen, and votes to be sold at 6d or Is each. With the present amount in hand they could not expect to build anything worth while. Mr Middleton objected to Mr Matthews' suggestion, on the grounds that the meeting was not called for the purpose of finding schemes to raise money, out to receive the report of the committee and decide what form the memorial should take. Mr Adlam then moved that they J build a grandstand on the Domain for the free use of the> public. Mr Heginbotham, in seconding the motion, said they were all proud, of ■the men who gave their lives in the war, but he felt that they should also take a pride in the Domain. A building, as suggested would serve a useful purpose and would be a memorial to fallen soldiers as well. Mr Gatanach did not consider that a grandstand was a memorial at all He moved that a suitable monument, such as a cenotaph or clock tower, bo built upon the Kedoubt.-—Mr Robertson seconded. . Mr A. E. Symes said that the meeting was not large enough to finally decide the question. The meeting; should talk over the best schemes, and then put them to a public vote. Mr \V. Muir then moved that the tour best schemes be picked out, and that a polling day be fixed, when all subscriber would have a vote-r-This was seconded by Mr Symes and carried. Mr T. J. Davis then submitted plans of a cenotaph costing £1600. Gates costing about £300 were also suggested. Messrs CE. Johnston, H. Oatanach and L Wales spoke in favour of the clock tower. i£ istr^ h£ yne suggested a library. Mr Middleton epoke of the sacrifices or the. men who fell in the war The names of these men should be engraved on stone and honoured for all time j I -He was in favour of a straight-out' memorial that would serve no other purpose, although he did not consider a ft* tower was out of place. After some further discussion it was finally decided that the following schemes be put to the vote of subscribers on a^date to be fixed by the committee:—Cenotaph, Library Gates, and Clock Tower. . . A t s°it of thanks to the chair con- ' eluded the meeting. . j