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Hokitika Guardian, 17 August 1931, Page 3

THE STATUE

.Lady Ha ig:\has' expressed -her grea t appreeiation of-, 'the'-'• stitthe;- which •bears .vtlie ; inscription &'*?To • oas.'ifnenrory • of- *1584*1 jHaigandfii re-membrance:'of-the collaboration of the ■French and -British Armies, and, ns evidence «'.■ of friendship.” : - ’ “I am satisfied beyond expression with it,” said Lady Haig, “for it is my husband as he was. It seems to me jto be a perfect achievement of art —it must He so, for as my daughter and I grazed upon it we felt that we were really looking at my husband. “I should liKe to convey to the great French nation, mv dear friends my deep appreciation of all the Jove that underlies the conception oif this memorial. It is beautiful, both in it's execution and in the sentiment which it implies.” The sculptor, M. Landowski has indeed achieved a. work of inspiration. The statue is in bronze on a pedestal of red marble. The horse was modelled from' the’ (favourite charger of a, French cavalry.' .'officer- —General Brecara, of Stfasburg. The onlooker at the first glance recognises a perfect specimen of a cavalry hose and in the rider, sitting with easy, natural pose, and with head just slightly bent—(the whole mien being indicative of a heavy load of responsibility—the British Com-mander-in-Chief “jumps to the eye,” as the French say.