“THE GLORY OF THE SOUTH.”

Otaki Mail, 19 February 1919, Page 3

“THE GLORY OF THE SOUTH.”

ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL FOR, I WELLINGTON. j The people of those southern lands, those newer lauds of the Empire, have ever looked across half the world to the i Homeland for inspiration. They have 1 ever taken it for granted that the best J of everything is there. Since the older j lands have had many centuries in which i to achieve their triumphs, whereas we ! in New Zealand have had less than 100 * years in which to do what we have { done, such an attitude i* not unnatural. ' 1 et, on consideration there is no reason why we should not at least actively ! emulate those triumphs. Because we ■ cannot eclipse them is no reason vhv j we should sit with folded hands and • say, “We arc too small to do these things ourselves; let us admire what has been done across the seas! ” There is a spirit of bold enterprise behind the scheme to build in Wellington an An- j glieau cathedral which will be the glory j of the Southern Hemisphere one j which, when it stands completed, people ; will come' from far and near to see. j Yet, there is nothing quixotic about the j proposal; there are beauties of nature j in New Zealand scarcely equalled else- | where in the world. Why not then, a j work of architecture at least approach- , iug the masterpieces of Europe. Our i soldiers have proved themselves equal j to the best fighters in the world. New ‘ Zealanders are surely equal to the effort of erecting a memorial cathedral i to the memory of the fallen in battle 1 which will not suffer by comparison j with those of the older lands. T 1 icrc ; arc, sad memories in many New Zealand ! homes—memories proudly linked with \ such names as El Arish, Suvla Bay. Ar- ! men!seres, Flers, Messines and the j perpetuation of these records of brave deeds in an historic building will mean the founding of heroic traditions which "’ll help the coming generations to live up to the gallant standards our soldiers ect in this war. This is a most worthy ami, and those who can help should write or telephone to Rev. C. I’. Askew, organising sccretarv, at St Mark’s Vicarage, Wellington. Promises of donations- may be spread over a period of from one to five years. Legacies also are-invited.