The Times. Published on Tuesday and Friday Afternoons. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1921. SUNDAY’S CEREMONY.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 681, 4 November 1921, Page 4

The Times. Published on Tuesday and Friday Afternoons.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1921. SUNDAY’S CEREMONY.

The unveiling of the local War Memorial on Sunday afternoon next is an important event in the history of this town( It marks the fact that the citizens of the Borough really appreciate what the gallant dead have accomplished in making the supreme sacrifice. That Pukekohe is a .thriving town, that the Dominion is free from the is partly due to the fact that those men whose names are inscribed 1 on the Memorial, have been patriotic enough and loyal enough to count life cheap for the country they held dear. If there is one business man in Pukekohe who has withheld financial assistance from the Memorial, let him on Sunday next burn with shame, that he has refused, no matter from what personal or impersonal motive, to honour in a tangible form those who died that he might continue to flourish. If any individual who could have contributed and did not within the confines of the Borough, then let him, too, on Sunday next, bow his head for very shame. ; To erect such a Memorial should be considered a splendid duty to be done in all reverence and all pride in the great and glorious deeds of the district heroes whose bodies lie in Gallipoli, Palestine, France or Flanders, but whose spirits will Rve for ever in the hearts o/ those who appreciate, And so for ever, down the centuries, the War Memorial Gates at Pukekohe will carry the names of the heroic dead, a silent, potent reminder that they did not die in vain, or were forgotten by those in ,their own district. On Sunday afternoon ithe outward form of ,respect will be paid by everyone w r ho is not thoughtless by attending the ceremony unveiling. But .the inward feeling of thankfulness that ffhe district produced such men should be awakened every time one passes through or by those gates of hallowed memory.

“We nothing extenuate, nor aught set down in malice.”