WESTLAND WAR MEMORIAL.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1920, Page 2

WESTLAND WAR MEMORIAL.

SELECTING A DESIGN. A meeting was licld at the County Chambers last night to consider the designs sent in for the local War -Memorial. There were present:—Messrs Perry (chair), Bruce, Stewart, Preston, McGregor, Thompson, Andrewes, Wild, Macfarlane and Evans. The 'lion, secretary reports that 173 names of fallen Westlanders had been collected, and there were probably more names to chine. The Secretary reported the collections to date as follows: Absentee Westlanders £/3 Bs, Hokitika collections £532 9s (id, Ross £29 3s (i, Okuru £l3 7s 6d, Bruce Bay £B, Maintain £4 10s, Waikukupa £9 7s, Wailm Gorge £lO 7s fid, Okarito £0 3s, Wataroa £8 7s, Hari Mari £32, Waitaha fill Is, Pukekura £3 Is, Ruatapu £ll 18s, Mananui £2, South Spit fill 18s (id, Woodstock £2l Is, ltiniu £l3 11s, Ivokatalii £33 15s 3d, Koiterangi £42 2s (id, Kanieri £34 2s, Lake Ivanieri £1 12s, Blue Spur £4 3s, Humphreys £l3 7« (id, Arahura Road £23 13s 7d, Arahura Valley £24 Is, Awatuna £1 ss, Chesterfield £5 7s (id, Stafford £4 17s (id, Goldsborough £2 16s 6d, Christchurch. Road £2 17s, Otira £l3 2s, Camerons £ll 4s, Public School, Hokitika £3O l(is lid, Convent School, Hokitika £3 is, Public School Ivanieri £2 11s 3d, Convent School Kanieri 14s (id, Public School, Kumara, £3 His, .Convent School, Rimu 14 s, Public School Woodstock £1 6s 7d, Public School Jacobs River £1 10s, Public School Wailio Gorge 13s (id, Public School Okarito Forks 10s, Public School Matainui £l. Public School Hari Hari £1 9s, Public School La Fontaine £1 ss, Public School Pukekura 7s 6d, Public School Ross £1 12s sd, Public School Ruatapu 18s, School South Spit 15s (id, Public School Lower Kokatahi £2 Is, Public School Upper Kokatahi £1 9s, Public School Koiterangi £l 13s 3d, Public School Callaghans 10s, Public School Goldsborough Bs, Public School Awatuna Bs, Public School Stafford 19s • (id, Public School Humphrey’s £2 Bs, Public School Blue Spur 18s 6d, Public School Otira £1 3s Id, Public School Mananui 12s 9d. Total £1,115 13s 4d. The above amount is banked to the credit of the Fund. In addition, there is an additional sum of about £230 promised and still to he contributed, making tli<jj total sum £1,345, or £155 short of the original amount set out to he raised.

It was resolved to publish the list of subscribers as soon as convenient, and accept further donations. A number of designs were submitted, embracing proposals received from England, Australia and New Zealand. Mr Thompson’s advice was taken with regard to the material proposed. Ultimately, two Australian designs were selected provisionally, to prices for alternative materials, and when the information is reecived, a final decision will l>e made without delay. It was resolved to arrange for the work to he advanced as rapidly as possible.