THE CENOTAPH.
' Sir. —In your account of the meeting of the Auckland Museum and Institute Mr. 11. E. Vaile is reported to have expressed tlie hope that, "the cenotaph would be completed in time for the opening of the museum." I think 1 am voicing the opinion of a largo number of contributors (whose donations were intended for a war memorial) when I say that the dedication of the war memorial, incomplete without its cenotaph, would hurt the feel ings of many, and, in the nature of things, lie a ghastly anti-climax. I do not think any great harm will accrue if the opening of the War Memorial Museum is delayed until such time as the cenotaph—sad afterthought—is an accomplished, if belated, fact. To hold such a function with the cenotaph incomplete would betray most indecent haste. If the Auckland Museum and Institute adheres to its decision in this matter one may expect, when the cenotaph is at length unveiled, to read upon it the inscription: "Best We Forget."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20332, 13 August 1929, Page 12
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169THE CENOTAPH. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20332, 13 August 1929, Page 12
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