Correspondence.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 16 November 1918, Page 2

Correspondence.

A MEMORIAL TO OUR SOL3>IER<S

(To the Editor). AJij",—The armistice is signed at last and it is time to think about our brave boys who have given their lives for 'the great cause of Liberty, Peace and Progress. Two years ago, when a Councillor, 1 proposed the following motion: That >teps be taken to obtain designfe for the addition to the public gardens reserving a space not less than 14 feefi by 14 feet for the erection of an imposing and artistic monument in honor of the fallen heroes who gave their lives during this world's greatest struggle for Liberty, Peace and Progress, and that funds b© raised by donations, contributions or subscriptions, such to be deposited in the Post Office Savings 13ank and. not to be withdrawn until peace is declared. The motion was referred to the Reserves Committee for consideration and report. At the following meeting after an animated discussion it was agreed that designs be invited for a rich purpose but nothing eouldl be done to suppoflb the motion, and I was requested, to postpone the proposition. Eventually the Council resolved to defer consideration until a more propitious occasion. -This oooas:«n has now come and I again come to the fore in the endeavour to see my proposition carried out, and a committee appointed at- a public meeting to colleot funds for the erection in the : centre of our public gardens in Gam- | bridge street of a monument worthy of the cause and to consist'; of a 15-foob , granite obelisk surmounted by a bronze statue of Liberty having a large marble base with the names of all the fallen engraven in letters of gold ornameiiiod by bronze laurel wreaths; also that the Government be requested to secure for Levin some war trophies as guns. etc. There is talk about croc ting a band rotunda in preference to a monument. My opinion is that a rotunda- is right enough to commemorate the peace declaration and that its place be the recreation ground in Queen street where the band can play patriotic and lively tunes, which would be out of J s '"' 10 ® 1 such memorial had been devoted, to the memorv of our dead heroes. UNo doubt the cost of the proposed monument w.il be great but is it to be a question* of money when the cause is so deserving? The Roll of Honour is another question of tlie da v. but first left us think of the dead ' MARCO FOSELLA.