Napier may not share Auckland's misfortune in possessing a nude statue, but it at least carries the questionable distinction, as far as is known, of being the only city or town in New Zealand which can boast of a headless statue, says the Daily Telegraph. Since the earthquake brought the South African War Memorial on the Marine Parade crashing to the ground, the. head of the figure of a soldier which the statue represents has been missing. No one knows where it has gone, and, while numerous clues have come forward from time to time, no trace of it has been discovered. A move has certianly been made by the Napier City Council and the returned soldiers to restore the head, but when tenders were called some time ago the matter was shelved, and since then it has been permitted to lapse.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXX, Issue 4871, 16 July 1936, Page 6
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