SOLDIERS’ MEMORIAL

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10816, 4 February 1921, Page 9

SOLDIERS’ MEMORIAL

THE BROOKLYN*PROPOSAL. I SUBJECT REVIVED AND COMMIT- ; TEE FORMED. , Some two years ago a meeting -was i set on foot by a number of returned . soldiers of Brooklyn to endeavour to i secure funds for the purpose of erect- ■ ing a memorial for the boys who had made the supreme sacrifice at the front, Permission was obtained from the City \ Council to erect the memorial on Sugar ! Loaf Hill, but, through the committee becoming dissolved after the sum of , £6O had bean raised) the matter was , not proceeded with, and consequently . the only member then remaining (Mr . D S. Hood) was left with the sum of £6O toward® the project. 1 With. a. , view to furthering the mat- ' ter, a meeting was held at Fulford’s Hall, Brooklyn, last evening, with Colonel G. Mitchell, iM.P., in’the chair." In the course of discussion, it was stated that the l&ast that could he done for the boys who had done so much for us -was to show qur gratitude in • the erection of a memorial, and a motion was passed that the Brooklyn residents were strongly desirous of continuing the matter. Air Hood had shown much enthusiasm in the undertaking and deserved the support of the residents of that district. A committee was formed to go thoroughly into the matter and bring the undertaking to a successful conclusion, Thanks were accorded to Oolonel Mitchell for presiding.