"VICTORY" HIGHWAY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17649, 9 December 1920, Page 8

"VICTORY" HIGHWAY.

NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL.

SUPPORT FROM MOTORISTS.

PART OF PRESENT -POLICY.

The proposal that the national - war memorial should take the form of a great main road from the North Cape to>Blnff was considered by the committee of the Auckland Automobile Association last evening. The question was raised by a letter from Mrs. E. Nicol, conveying a resolution passed by the Soldiers' Mothers' League in support of the suggestion and asking that the association should also support it.

The secretary, Mr. G. W. Hutchison, suggested that the question should be considered very caretuliy. The association was supporting the proposals of the Uood Roads Association. The work done in, that direction appeared to be bearing fruit, since the association was to be given a draft of the Bill which the Government was to introduce, for its criticism. Their support had been given to that policy all along, and it should be made perfectly clear the victory highway scheme did not interfere with it.

Mr. A. Grayson said it might be possible to work the two schemes together. It might be possible to suggest calling the main highway through the two islands the victory highway. At present it was known as the South Road. It would be possible still to suggest that the Government should take control of the main road and call it the victory highway. The chairman, Mr. G. Henning, said that each time the war memorial had been considered, members ai the association had appeared to think it should not be of a utilitarian character, but something .that would appeal to the eye. Mr. Grayson said the idea, was that if the highway were formed, each town could do as it wished in the way of erecting arches, planting trees, or embellishing the road in any way desired. It would be as well to work on the present line, urge the adoption of the Victorian system, or some similar scheme as soon as possible, call the road the victory highway, and let those who wished to erect monuments raise the money for the purpose themselves. "How long would it take to make the road" asked Mr. Hutchison.

" About 20 years," suggested Mr. Gray-*j son.

" We might have three or four more wars before then,"; suggested Mr. Hutchison. w —

After further discussion it was agreed that the main road involved in the association's good roads proposals might appropriately be called the victory highway, and a motion to this effect was carried.