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Mr Hurst Seager'B scheme for a "King's Highway," from Auckland to the Bluff, as a war memorial, which is to be submitted to the various branches of the Inßtitute of Architects for their favourable consideration, charms the imagination. With its commemorative milestones, its columnß and arches, and its bordering garden cities, it would be orto of the most striking features of New Zealand. Whether such a plan can bo carried into effect depends largely upon the driving force that its promoter and the Institute can exercise, and the extent to which they can influence public opinion in favour of the proposal. It certainly has much to commend it to all who wish to commemorate our dead in the war by a noble path of peace.

A scheme for a great memorial road to run from Liege to the Belgian coast, and down past Ypres, Lille, and Cambrai to St. Quentin, is afoot at Homo and on the Continent. The idea is that the "Road Everlasting," which is to perpetuate the events of the great struggle along the Western front, shall he lined by different trees representing the Allies who fought for liberty— poplars for the Belgians, chestnuts for the French, oaks for the British, the redwood for the Americans, and maples for the Canadians. Monuments erected here and there will mark the outstanding incidents of the war, though in some placcs rulflß will be retained as they arc to-day, for the purposes of monuments of the conflict, and among these will be the remains of the Cloth Hall of Ypres. It is said that the society that has been formed to support this proposal, "La Societe du Service Universelle," already numbers several thousands, but two million members are needed to assure the success of the project. At present, wo may assume, only the outline has been presented to the public. There is no reason why, if it is taken in hand with the enthusiasm necessary to complete it, the road should stop at St. Quentin; it should go on to the border of Alsace! And the trees will have to be mixed, or the Bolgian poplars will be full grown while the British are yet in their first vouth.

According to a recent message from London, the Government has begun the construction of half a million hetißes, and has arranged to erect a great brick factory. The number of workmen's cottages which the Government, in conjunction with local administrative bodies, had decided to build during the current year had previously been 6tat-

Ed at 300,000, but as the total shortage of houses has been estimated at a million, it is quite probable that the larger number is correct. What such an extensive building campaign means for the workers of Great Britain may bo estimated from the calculations that were made to the materials required for 300.000 workmen's houses. These included 0.000.000.000 bricks, 120,000.000 slates. 300.000,000 tiles, doors and frames,-300.000 tons of cement, 4.300,000 tons of sand, 1,500.000 tons of gravel, and 1,4-So,ooo tons of timber. And this list dor? not include gas or electric light equipment, grntes. ranges, locks, bolts, and other builders' ironmongery, or glass. 5- — One of the two new Judges just appointed to the District Cotirt Bench of New South Wales will certainly be regarde:! with high approval bv nil except that curious section of the Australian workers who describe tho Australian soldiers as "murderers and mongrels." Dr. E. M. Drissenden, the new .Judge, was a prominent member of the Sydney Bar when he enlisted as a private at the ago of 54 or 55, and in 1910 became a sergeant. On arrival in England he was made legal adviser to one of the Australian Divisions, liefore that apparently he did his share of soldiering at the front, for a member of tlie staff of the "Sydney Morning Horald," writing home in 1917, mentioned having met him one wet cold night in France asking his way.

"Ho hiul walked four miles with full kit, weighing anything up to 801b, but he was not complaining. How is this for a man of 56? J trudged the rest of the distanco with him, and while ho whistled and saiw about the joys of soldiering, men 30 years his funior grumbled about things in general. Ho looks as hard as nails. Until recently lie wju- doing strenuous work in tho lines, but i.s now attached to the divisional headquarters for specisfl duty. No doubt his legal ability will secure many a man a fair run before the war closes down. When I met tho 'doctor lie had not had liis clothes off for four days. T never say a roan 6 appreciate a hot bath so much as lie did." Any "digger" who gets into trouble in fi-ture would probably, if he had his choice, exprros a i-trong preference for being tried by Judge Brissenden.

Canterbury music-lovers who cherish pleasant memories of John Lemmono, will regret to hear that that prince of flautists is seriously ill, suffering from a nervous breakdown. Not many people in Australia knew it until Dame Melba announced it at what slio had intended to be her farewell concert in Sydney about a fortnight ago, when she invited her audience to come again in a few nights, as sho meant to givo a benefit concert for her old friend. The paths of the two great artists brought them together as long ago as Melon's first professional engagement by the Melbourne Liddertafcl, which was also his first engagement as a solo flautist. Before that Lemmone had plavcd in the orchestras of the Lister Opera Company and the Royal Comic Opera Company. Ho toured Australia and India with Amy Sherwin and Madame Patti, went to England and stayed there several years, playing at concerts with Ada Crossley, Adelina, Patti, Albani, and many other notable singers.

Declining many good offers, ho came out again to Australia, this time as impresario, as well as artist. It was to him that we owed Mark Hambourg's two first tours, and the extraordinarily successful visit of Paderewski. After that Mr Lemmone devoted himself to tho management of Melba's various starring tours, and he assisted her ftnd the late J. C. Williamson in organising the Melba Grand Opera Company in Australia. The expenses of that company's ten-weeks' season in Sydney, and six weeks in Melbourne. Were close on £50,000, but Melba and Mr Williamson each made a fortune out of tho venture. It is interesting to learn that Mr Lemmone showed his artistic bent at a very early age, for when eleven years old he was so determined to buy a twelve-and-sixpenny flute displayed in a pawnbroker's window in Ballarat, his native town 3 that he fossicked for gold in a creok then running through the town until he got enough to buy it. Years afterwards, he says, he assisted Melba in a duet in the Coliseum in Ballarat, which was built over tho very spot where his fossicking had been done.

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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16427, 22 January 1919, Page 6

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1,168

Untitled Press, Volume LV, Issue 16427, 22 January 1919, Page 6

Untitled Press, Volume LV, Issue 16427, 22 January 1919, Page 6

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