CIVIC MEMORIALS
Sir,—l also would like to associate myself with ’’ Gaudeamus ” and “ Quo Jure.” Our City Fathers seem to have no desire to honour our early settlers who did so much towards the founding of our city. These monuments were erected to their memory by public subscription, and also donated by people. Why should the council have the right to have' them demolished? They do not belong to the council, but to all the citizens, and as we are heavily taxed, why should they not be kept in repair? The aim seems to be to neglect them and let them get into such disrepair that it would cost far too much money to have them put in order. Then the ultimatum is issued that they have to be demolished. That is what is going to happen to Cargill’s monument in the near future. Would the same thing be allowed to happen anywhere else in the world? How about the monuments in London? Do the authorities allow them to be neglected and then have them demolished? Ido not think so. Everyone knows the monuments are all being renovated since the damage caused by the war. It is about time that the citizens roused themselves and demanded that these gifts to the city be preserved for all time. —I am, etc., Dunedinite.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26772, 15 May 1948, Page 9
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