MEMORIAL DEFACED
NAMES CARVED ON CROSS FURTHER ACTION TO BE TAKEN (Ter Pfess Association.) BLENHEIM, Feb. 14. An art of vandalism has been reported to the secretary of the Cook Al emorial Committee in connection with the national monument at Ship’s Cove. It appears that visitors to the Sounds at Christmas time defaced the tablet on the memorial by carving their names deeply beside the inscription, concluding with the words inside the ornamental border: Palmerston North Y.M.C.A. Party. Xmas 1926-27.” On the wooden cross piece of the anchor surmounting the memorial a great many names have been hacked. A copy of the names has been taken with a view to further action.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19767, 15 February 1927, Page 8
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112MEMORIAL DEFACED Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19767, 15 February 1927, Page 8
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