WESTLAND WAR MEMORIAL.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 April 1920, Page 2

WESTLAND WAR MEMORIAL.

AVo Lie Dead in Many Lands so that You may Live here in Peace. The foregoing expressive! words are the selected epitaph to adorn the Westland War Memorial. The fourteen words which compose the very expressive phrase convey a message to all who may read—now or lieeafter. The toll of- the Great War was the price necessary to pay for the peace enjoyed today, and the young men and women of this far-off corner of the Antipodes shirked neither their duty nor sacrifice, when the testing time came. The War Memorial is to honor their sacrifice and perpetrate their memories. The fund now is at £B4O, and there is but one day in which to attain the main which was set originally—a sum of not less than £1,500. There is thus .£660 still to be raised. There are hopes I that when the full lists of the district I are in the grand total will exceed | £I,OOO, and this though not enough, I reads well for the ten days effort. But j it would have been splendid to record I the full amount, not alone for the last- I

ing credit so fine a response would have done the district, but a full and true tribute to the memory of the fallen. It will be some little time before all

the country lists are in, as an extension of the time has been granted in several cases to cover “pay-day” and afford greater time for back-block collectors to fully cover their territory. In order to supplement the sum in hand a collection will bo taken up at the Anzac Day service on Cass Square to-morrow at noon, the funds thereby raised to be specially devoted to the ornamentation of the plot of ground surrounding the memorial.

The contributions from the school children will bo devoted particularly to the Stone of Remembrance which is to record the list'of the fallen, now numbering over 150. The Hokitika State School list for this purpose has reached the very creditable total oi £2l 11s Bd, Standard 111 pupils heading the list. The children’s contributions will reach substantial proportions when the full returns are in.

Visitors to town, or those who may have been overlooked by the town collectors. will have a convenient opportunity- of leaving their donations at the little' shop- in Revell Street, fronting Weld Street, which will be open touight from 7to 9 o’clock. Cheques etc. may be forwarded by post- to Mi A. A. Androwes, Town Clerk, ' and will be acknowledged in due course.