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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14848, 27 February 1919, Page 5

Sir Wm.' Gray, shipbuilder, has given his large house and grounds tv West Hartlepool for v public art gallery* and £13,000 for tho restoration of St. Hilda's Church, Hartlepool. Mr O. H. Poole, M.P., niakes a protest m (lhe Auckland Star against the amission of the merchant seamen from the Peace Programme: — "Allow me to draw your attention to what appears to bo a very serious oversight m the arrangements for the Peace Celebration.-. I am given to understand that while provision has been made for every branch of the land forces, the men of the merchant forces have been almost forgotten. Several times during the war, m my public capacity, I havo found it necessary to remind Parliament and other gatherings of the inclination to forget tho 'Silent Service,' and now it seem* necessary to remirld the , City Fathers that the masters, officers, and men of our transports, hospitals ships, etc., should have some- place m the recognition of the public. No one will ever paint the true picture of tho experiences of those who held the seas and directed the shuttles m the great marine loom, weaving the fabric of international relationship, and I trust that before it is too late tbe plans will be revised for the purpose of giving the representatives of our mercantile marine "their proper and proud place m our celebrations."