UNVEILING MR. SAVAGE'S MEMORIAL
CAREFULLY arranged _ proA gramme has been laid out for the ceremony, which will be broadcast on Sunday afternoon from the memorial to the late Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage, which has been completed at Bastion Point, Auckland. The memorial consists of three things, a column above the mausoleum, a Garden of Remembrance surrounding it, and a park, the whole covering. about 16 acres. The memorial will be unveiled and the ground will be declared open by the present Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Peter Fraser, Ministers of the Crown, Members of both Houses, representatives of the Labour Movement and public bodies, and the Maori people will attend, and old-age pensioners and children, both dear to Mr, Savage, will have places set aside for them. Special transport will carry the public from Auckland. . The Prime Minister and Mrs, Fraser, accompanied by Labour Movement leaders will arrive shortly before 3 p.m., and will be met by the Hon, W. E. Parry (Minister of’ Internal Affairs), and Mr. J. A. C. Allum (Mayor of Auckfand). After a Maori welcome, the party will go through the grounds to the mausoleum, to be met there by leaders
of the Auckland branch of the Labour Party and the Auckland Trades Coun. cil, and taken up the steps to the base of the column. Mr. Savage’s favourite hymn, "Abide With Me," will then be sung, led by two bands, the Auckland Watersiders’ and the Ponsonby Boys’ Band (of which Mn Sawage was patron for many years) and a choir. Mr, Fraser will give his address and then unveil the memorial, -whereupon trumpeters will play the Reveille, Then Mr. Fraser will declare the garden and park officially open for the use and enjoyment of the people of New Zealand, and hand them over to the care of the Auckland City Council, for whom Mr. Allum will accept the charge. The official party will lay wreaths on the sarcophagus, and one wilt be laid there by Mr. A. J. French, Mr. Savage’s closest personal friend, with whom he lived for many years right up to the time of his death. After that, "God Defend New Zealand" and the National Anthem will be sung and played, and the party will disperse, leaving the public to file past the open doors of the mausoleum in silent tribute,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 196, 26 March 1943, Page 2
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