WELLINGTON MEMORIAL.
EFFORT TO RA.ISE £25,000. .
_An effort is,.. to he made ~ to raise £25,000 for Wellington's war memorial. *f.„™ originally been intended to raise £10,000, but the assessor, . Mr. W. H. Gummar, expressed the opinion that this sum would not suffice for a' fitting symbolical memorial. On Mr. Gummer'a recommendation it was, therefore, decided to aim at raising £25.000. The site of the ■; proposed! ■ memorial—on . the vacant land at the rear of the Royal Oak Hotel —has been uurveyed and the foundations tested. Arrangements' will be put in hand shortly for the raising Jof " the necessary amount a! money. *i : • I /• , u
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18322, 12 February 1923, Page 8
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103WELLINGTON MEMORIAL. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18322, 12 February 1923, Page 8
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