THE SYDNEY CENOTAPH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19718, 18 August 1927, Page 6

THE SYDNEY CENOTAPH.

A SYMBOL OF SACRIFICE. HONOUR TO AUSTRALIA'S DEAD. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT-] SYDNEY, Aug. U. The delightful simplicity of the Sydney Cenotaph in Martin Place, symbolic of noble sacrifice, is accentuated by the colossal facades of the buildings that tower around it. It arouses dear memories and will share the fragrant emblems hitherto bestowed on the .Woolloomooloo GateSj those gates tjiat closed behind the bat-talions-as they marched on to the wharf at Circular Quay to embark for the front. It has been suggested that Sydney should adopt the custom of London and pay a respect to Australia's dead by either saluting or raising one's bat when the Cenotaph is passed. This suggested tribute has already captured the public imagination. In Paris also the same respect is very graciously paid by those who pass the grave of the unknown soldier. Ihe Cenotaph is now completed except for tlie two bronze figures, emblematic of the senior service and the army, which will slioitiy be placed at either end. , Speaking of the Cenotaph, one must mention the desecration of the Communists who pasted an offensive note on the grea wreath from the citizens of the united States This was ostensibly a proles against the execution of Sacco and yanzetti, the Communist murderers, but in reality it was another evidence of t e iconoclastic tendencies of those who ar under the domination of the Soviet.