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Otaki Mail, 22 January 1919, Page 4

The. proposal of Dr. Douglas, of Oamaru, that the most fitting memorial for North Otago's fallen soldiers would be,the planting of oaks at mile inter-vals-along main: thoroughfares, was considered at a joint faceting of county sind borough representatives at Oamaru, and unanimously approved. Thof,following resolution,,moved by Mr "William Gardiner, jum, was carried: "That tho meeting approve generally of the proposal, and seeks the co-opera-tion of the Oamaru Borough Council to carry it out, the latter to bear its proportion of the cost.-" In 1 an outline of his seheirre Dr. Douglas entered all eloquent plea for the oak as the most suitaide, memorial tree. He instanced the Magna Ch.irta oak as an example of the desired longevity, and said that, while experts wore unanimous in declaring it the-.hardiest of trees, and thus suitable for such a public enterprise, sentiment decreed tint the.oak should stand in memory of the'heart of oak they wished to honour. The first miles along all main roads from tho Oamaru : st OJfico would be marked by clumps of oaks, each dedicated to a. town soldier, and Huts within reach of city relatives. Each tree would -be strongly railed in, the inscription plate,.of fixed design in all cases, to be affixed to the outer rail. | Wanting should be restricted to main 1 roads,so as to render a coherent scheme possible.