WELLINGTON WAR MEMORIAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 18 April 1932, Page 5

WELLINGTON WAR MEMORIAL

dedication ceremony IMPRESSIVE PROCEEDINGS (By Telegraph— Press AssociaLi m) WELLINGTON, 'l’ltis Day. Yesterday, with a- simple hut ini pressive ceremony, the Wellington Citizens War Memorial was dedicated and htinilover to the safe keeping of the city. In ii•(• warm sunshine ol a perfect alter. noon tlie crowd which thronged every vantage uoinl at the junction ot Bowen street and Lumbton Quay, witnessed the tjnal phase of the community un.lertakjng now magnificently complete and invested with a spirit of homage to the supreme sacrifice paid by Hie men ol Wellington. The meinorial witlim the passage of an hour ceased to tie a thing ! 110l vlv of cold beauty in marble and mef,,j familiar monument with its bisniral'ona) licuic reaching into the blue sky became a'symbol of living memory and meaning, and heneelort It, il the citizens respond to the. appeal made during yesterday’s ceremony, they will pay quiet homage lo tlie memorial as they !, 'lbe Mayor. Mr llislop. presided over Huge gathering of people, to whom an inspiring address was delivered by the Governor-General. I lie act o. dedi,at ion was iiorformwl by Dr. Spi nI. liisi, »ii of Wellington, alter which Mm niminiueiit was banded over to the Mayor by Colonel Hail lor safe keeping by the l, 'p|j e i.n-uo concourse of sped aims joinfervenllv in the hymns and prayers which formed an important part ot the devout service.