THE ROLL OF HONOUR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20420, 23 November 1929, Page 12

THE ROLL OF HONOUR.

The Auckland Returned Soldiers' Association has carried to the final and logical limit its determination that a roll of honour Bhall be a feature of the Auckland Provincial War Memorial. It has itself undertaken the responsibility of raising the funds required to provide one, and has further decided to take a leading part in compiling the necessary list of names for inscription on it. It could give no further proof of its earnestness in pursuing the desired end. With this decision came the very sensible conclusion that nothing could be gained by continuing the controversy about the elimination of this feature from the official plans for the work. A clean break with the past and concentration of all energy on the task of finding the necessary money has become the policy of the association. It is one which will receive, as it desires to receive, the wholo-hearted support of the public. There is no organisation which could more appropriately appeal for this objective, there is no feature of the memorial with which the association could more fittingly be associated directly. These being the circumstances, it is to be expected, as it is to be most earnestly hoped, that speedy success will attend the campaign for funds, that the roll of honour will be assured, and that the last hint of controversy will disappear from the noble memorial to those of the Auckland Province who gave their lives for the Empire's cause in the war. It is fitting that names will be accepted for the roll no matter where or with what branch of the Empire's forces the fallen had served. The memorial is not to the Auckland provincial quota of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force—though it will naturally contribute the greater part of the roll —but to the men and women of the province who served to the uttermost. No name with a just claim to inclusion should be rejected, and by the plan of the association none will be. The campaign launched, which has already proved its appeal, should not need to continue long before the roll of honour as a feature- of the War Memorial becomes assured beyond all question.