CORESPODENCE. OUR SOLDIERS' GRAVES.

Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1484, 7 January 1882, Page 3

CORESPODENCE. OUR SOLDIERS' GRAVES.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir, — I happened to be passing on the Alexandra road the other day, and my friend with whom I was driving pointed out what would appear to the uninitiated to be a disused sheep-pen, but what really transpired to be the grave of tho five gallant British soldiers who were lulled at the Waiari creek. Should the Government not deem it their duty to remove this eyesore and erect something more appropriate, surely the settlors in whose interests those brave men lost their lives ought to make some movement to erect a fitting memorial, and so prove that they appreciate the truth of Horace's line, "jDulcc et decorum est pro patria mori." In the latter case I would willingly add my mite. — I am, etc., A Visitor.

The Perth Exhibition.—Notwithstanding the fact that some 3000 persons out of a total pupulation of 30,000, attended the West Australian Exhibition on the first day, it does not appear to have been a financial success. The Argus' correspondent says :—": — " Since the opening the attendance has not averaged more than between 300 and 400 a day, though I hope it will increase before long, when harvest is over and the country people begin to come down. It canuot be denied that the Exhibition, aa a whole, h very disappointing. Except what is exhibited by local firms, there is scarcely any machinery — always tho chief attraction at such shows — and there is no attempt whatever at any general representation of the industries and resources of the various countries which have sent so-called Commissioners. ' It is nothing but a collection of small shops, though many of them reS resenting, no doubt, important firms, lur own ' court ' is the only one worth calling by the name." We fancy the promoters will have a better account to give of the Christchurch Exhibition.