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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 March 1940, Page 8

A memorial- is to be erected this year at Haast Pass to commemorate the linking of Otago and Westland by road. It has been sponsored primarily by the Westland County Council and the Vincent County Council. It will be built of local stone with granite panels containing a brief history of early explorations and crossings of the pass, and .will embody the coats of arms of Westland and Otago and a device of Maori designs. Nearby will be constructed a log cabin with a fireplace, for the convenience of tourists, according to advice received at a meeting of the South Island Motor Union .executive recently. To keep the cost of the project within reasonable lirilits. local materials such as stone, totara. logs, and shingles are to be used as far as possible. A circular from the Vincent County Council stated that the Public Works Department had offered to assist by providing the materials delivered on the site. Practically the only materials which would have to be brought into the district would be the cement and granite inscription slabs. The estimated cost and adjoining shelter is £350.