WAR MEMORIAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18442, 28 March 1922, Page 9

WAR MEMORIAL.

MEETING OF CENTRAL COMMITTEE.

DEPUTATION TO BOROUGH COUNCIL.

A meeting of the Central War Memorial Committee was held last evening.

Mr W. G. Bassett presided over an attendance of nine, three being ladies. A number of replies were received from members of the Borough Council in answer to an inquiry as to “what attitude the Borough Council intended to take up.” Epitomised a number of the answers were;—

Cr. J. C. Richardson: Cannot say what attitude Council will take. Matter not yet before Council. Cr. Silk: Do not know attitude of Council. My private opinion is that Durie Hill is the best site. Cr. Luxford: A resolution is now before tht Council. You have not asked for my personal opinion. Cr.* Gohns: Will record my vote when the resolution is put. Cr. Green: 1 cannot forecast the attitude of the Council. The best result can be secured by united effort on the part of the local bodies. Cr. Reardon: I cannot say what the attitude of the Council will be. Cr. Sharpe : The matter is to be discussed by the Council. Cr. Halligan returned a straight-out opinion in favour of the central site. The chairman pointed out that no councillor could answer for the Council. A member said that they wanted to get an expression of opinion. Airs Cornyns said that there had notbeen an expression at all. Mr Dudding said that three resolutions wore to be moved at the meeting of the Borough Council (this evening) (I) That the Council should recognise the plebiscite; (2) that the Central Committee should be given a irec hand; (3) that the Borough Council should write to the local bodies interested so that they would have their hands free. On the motion of Mr Bassett, it was resolved “That this committee exceedingly regrets the action of the Durie Hill Committee, which, by taking part in the campaign as a means ot settling the war memorial site and in effect recognised the plebiscite, has by subsequent action, ignored the result, namely 63 per cent, in favour of Queen’s Pr<k and 37 per cent, for Durie Hill; this committee now resolves that having failed to induce co-oneration ol the Durie Hill Committee to carry out the wish of the electors, will forthwith take steps to raise funds to erect a war memorial in Queen’s Park (subiect to the consent of the Domain Board)’worthy ot the great occasion. The motion was carried and it was further decided that a deputation, witn Air Bassett as spokesman, should wait upon the Borough Council (sitting as the Queen’s Park Domain Board) this evening to ask for a memorial site in Queen’s Park.