MEMORIAL TO PREMIER.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 121, 20 April 1940, Page 9

MEMORIAL TO PREMIER.

NATIONAL APPEAL. BASTION POINT SITE. Per Press Association. AVELLINGTON, April 19. Tlie question of erecting a national memorial to the memory of the lato Prime Minister (lit. Hon. M. J.-Sav-age) has been considered by the national executive of the New Zealand Labour Party which is issuing an appeal to the people of the Dominion tor contributions for this purpose. It is intended to erect a memorial at Mr Savage’s tomb on Bastion Point, Auckland. The following statement was issued to-day by Mr M. Moohan on behalf of the memorial trustees; “The nation mourns a great leader and statesman. The people of to-day need no memorial of marble to his memory. He is enshrined in their hearts for ever. But it is fitting that tho generations yet unborn should see some tangible evidence of tlie high regard and esteem ill which lie was held by the people of this country. It lias, therefore, been decided to erect a memorial on Bastion Point to symbolise the wonderful lifework of Michael Joseph Savage in uplifting humanity and ' bringing contentment, happiness and prosperity to the people of this Dominion. “Although the New Zealand Labour Party with which Mr Savage was so closely associated during his lifetime is issuing this appeal, it is realised that nearly everyone in New Zealand, irrespective of political opinions, will be anxious to contribute to the memorial which will in some degree express the affectionate admiratio.ii in which Mr Savage was held by this generation and the eminence he attained as a. statesman during his four and a-half years’ tenure of the Prime Ministership. Everyone who would like to be associated with this memorial is invited to send a contribution no matter how small it may be. Large sums of imoney are not asked for. This should be a real people’s tribute to one who spent liis life in the service of the people. Donations should be forwarded to the M. J. Savage Memorial Trustees, P.O. Box 14G, AA’ellington, The trustees are the Prime Minister (Hon. P. Eraser), the Leader of the Legislative Council (Hon. D. AA’ilson), ’Messrs J. Roberts -A. McLagan. R. Eddy. F. D. Cornwell and M. Moohan.