WAR MEMORIAL.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 1585, 10 June 1920, Page 5

WAR MEMORIAL.

VARIOUS SUGGESTIONS DISCUSSED. a meeting was held last night convened by the Mayor, to formulate and discuss proposals for a local war memorial. Representatives of the Borough Council, Returned Soij rf ,g rS( and Patriotic Association vf e fg among those present. jvTfLybf presided. Mr Nash ssU* they a n recognised the necessity for an adequate and. fitting memorial to the fallen soldieis of the district. He suggested that a committee should be appointed upon the subject, s °s‘ l f of th<? smaller towns had erected monutfiemfid CQIUmn.S. What they hja 4l to decide was whethdf* the memorial should be purely a thing df beauty, or a. combination of beauty and utility. He had suggested to the Council that a cairn should be erected on Anzac Park, across the river, but that was only a small affair, and something further was required. The Council would shortly consider the erection of a library' and municipal offices, in which a memorial might or might not be included. The Town Planning Association had suggested permanent highways as memorials, and this idea was being carried out in so “® stances Parliament had authorised monev' for the purpose of war memorials. but additional money would probably be required from the public. In one place, said Mr Nash ten cottages had been erected as memorial. ~ Mr J. M. Johnston deplored the strictly utilitarian point of view. He considered that a pillar or column, preferably of New Zealand marble or granite, would be a suitable memorial, if erected in the Square. A miniature Cleopatra’s needle, suitably inscribed, and constructed of New Zealand stone, would be very fitting. Cr. Lancaster thought a colu^V n would be expensive, and 'would necessitate voluntary contributions, which were hard to get just now. . Mr J. R. Hughes, borough engineer, said he had not much time for columns or pillars, which were a waste of money. He would like to see a memorial hall incorporated in tne municipal building scheme. ~ Mr H. M. Haycock thought that pillars. such as those in London, formed the most desirable meth ° d ,.? f se e memoration, and he would like to see ore in Palmerston North. Any memorial should be centrally placed Cr Hodgins considered that tne present was a golden °PPC’' do something practical, and sug gested building a memorial library, in which tho district roll of honour could be MeSfHaycock and Joßnston spoke i memorial observatory for tne funner Si®? of astronomical research in this the discussion several interesting photographs, showing what was being done _ abroad were ex hibited. these being SS+ R was Pob ; n Hood and Janett. i ■ , eventually decided, on the motion of the Mavor, to form those presen.,’ one or two who had sent apologies for absence, into a committee to consider . *-he Question and later bring , Snort This committee, which has . power to add to its numbers, will confer again next Tuesday. I lows: —Messrs J. A. Nasn, M.P.. J. H. Stevens J. Hodgens. S. R. Lancaster, j Robin Hood, J- R- Hardie. Jno. Per- , main E- French. J. M. Johnston. I .Tarrett'and J. R. Hughes. '