LUMSDEN WAR MEMORIAL

Southland Times, Issue 23736, 7 February 1939, Page 9

LUMSDEN WAR MEMORIAL

To The Editor Sir,—While we all support the senti- ' ment expressed by “A Mother” that “the names of our depatted soldiers are written in a more glorious place than mortal man can ever hope to build,” we can all surely subscribe to a memorial in stone, which, like the cenotaph in London, the magnificent sculptural memorial in Edinburgh, the inspiring memorials in Sydney and Melbourne and other memorials throughout the length and breadth of Canada, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand, will commemorate for all time the supreme sacrifice made by our sons in the Great War. When I view the memorials in many villages in the North and South Islands, I always come away with a feeling of disappointment that we in Lumsden have never seen fit to commemorate the sacrifice made by our sons in this district. What a satisfaction the South African returned soldiers have when they visit Invercargill and view that very fine memorial at the junction of Dee and Tay streets; and the returned soldiers of the Great War, when they view that fine memorial erected at the north end of the town. We hope that our friends in Lumsden district will wholeheartedly support a project, which, although taken up so very late in the day, will still enable us to give expression to a feeling of thankfulness to our fallen soldiers for their noble sacrifice.—Yours, etC " ANOTHER MOTHER. February 3, 1939.